--- title: An optical mouse has a light and a tiny camera underneath that take… — Computers and screens · tree and pragmatics description: An optical mouse has a light and a tiny camera underneath that take pictures of the desk many times a second to work out how it moved, so on clear glass with no pattern to see it gets lost; the first mouse, in the 1960s, was made of wood. Who acts: optical mouse, underneath, mouse. 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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 (optical mouse, underneath, mouse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:036-computers-and-screens.lesson:11 # text = An optical mouse has a light and a tiny camera underneath that take pictures of the desk many times a second to work out how it moved, so on clear glass with no pattern to see it gets lost; the first mouse, in the 1960s, was made of wood. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 036-computers-and-screens.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 ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 optical optical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:det 9 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:amod 10 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:compound 11 underneath underneath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:xcomp 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=23:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 amod _ _ 44 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 1960s 1960s NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 40 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a optical mouse | a light and a tiny camera and underneath | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 2 | **take** | present | underneath | pictures of the desk | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | | 3 | **work out** | to-infinitive | underneath *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **move** | past | mouse | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **lose** | present · passive | | mouse | | the 1960s | | the first mouse *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | past · passive | | | | clear glass with no pattern | | of wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | 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:technology:036-computers-and-screens.lesson:11`. **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 ×4, R7-rel-agree ×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: [Computers and screens, 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/10/) - next →: [Computers and screens, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/12/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/)