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title: The meteors of a shower seem to fly out from one point in the sky, c… — Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars · tree and pragmatics
description: The meteors of a shower seem to fly out from one point in the sky, called the radiant, though they can streak across any part of the sky, and the shower is named after the constellation, the named star pattern, where that point lies. Who acts: meteors, showers, point. A sentence of the lesson «Meteo
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# Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars, sentence 11

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The meteors of a shower seem to fly out from one point in the sky, called the radiant, though they can streak across any part of the sky, and the shower is named after the constellation, the named star pattern, where that point lies.

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**Who acts:** meteors, showers, point · **What happens:** seem, fly out, call, streak, name, lie · **To what, where:** one point, radiant, part, shower · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» of the space course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (meteors, showers, point), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:space:016-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars.lesson:11
# text = The meteors of a shower seem to fly out from one point in the sky, called the radiant, though they can streak across any part of the sky, and the shower is named after the constellation, the named star pattern, where that point lies.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = space
# lesson = 016-meteors-meteorites-and-shooting-stars.lesson
# annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R1-cc-next ×1
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meteors	meteor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shower	shower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	radiant	radiant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	streak	streak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
25	across	across	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	27	det	_	_
27	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=6:cc
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	shower	shower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
37	after	after	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	constellation	constellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	amod	_	_
43	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	49	advmod	_	_
47	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
48	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	acl:relcl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | the meteors of a shower |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **fly out** | to-infinitive | the meteors of a shower *not said here* |  |  | one point in the sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from point=Trajectory |
| 3 | **call** | past | the meteors of a shower *not said here* | the radiant |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent radiant=Recipient |
| 4 | **streak** | can | showers *= shower* |  |  | any part of the sky |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across part=Trajectory |
| 5 | **name** | present · passive |  | the shower |  |  | after the constellation |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **lie** | present | that point |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R1-cc-next ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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