--- title: Scientists think the Moon formed when a Mars-sized body, nicknamed T… — How the Solar System was born · tree and pragmatics description: Scientists think the Moon formed when a Mars-sized body, nicknamed Theia, smashed into the young Earth and threw out debris that gathered into the Moon; this is the leading idea, not proven beyond doubt. Who acts: Scientists, Moon, sized body, debris. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scientists, Moon, sized body, debris), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:space:002-how-the-solar-system-was-born.lesson:12 # text = Scientists think the Moon formed when a Mars-sized body, nicknamed Theia, smashed into the young Earth and threw out debris that gathered into the Moon; this is the leading idea, not proven beyond doubt. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = space # lesson = 002-how-the-solar-system-was-born.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): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 sized size VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 nicknamed nickname VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 Theia theia NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:conj 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 debris debris NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=22:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 proven prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 39 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Scientists | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **form** | past | the Moon | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **size** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **nickname** | participle | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **smash** | past | a sized body and nicknamed Theia | | | | | into the young Earth *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into earth=Result | | 6 | **throw out** | past | a sized body and nicknamed Theia *not said here* | debris | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debris=Theme | | 7 | **gather** | past | debris | | | the Moon | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **lead** | gerund | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 9 | **is a** | present | this | the leading idea | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **prove** | participle | | the leading idea *not said here* | | | | beyond doubt | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:space:002-how-the-solar-system-was-born.lesson:12`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [How the Solar System was born, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/11/) - next →: [How the Solar System was born, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/13/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/2-how-the-solar-system-was-born/)