--- title: In a fibre-optic cable, light bounces along a hair-thin glass thread… — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics description: In a fibre-optic cable, light bounces along a hair-thin glass thread, carrying data as flashes, and it can travel a long way before it needs boosting; never look into the end of a fibre. Who acts: light. 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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 (light), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.lesson:10 # text = In a fibre-optic cable, light bounces along a hair-thin glass thread, carrying data as flashes, and it can travel a long way before it needs boosting; never look into the end of a fibre. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.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): no change 1 In in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 fibre fibre NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 optic optic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bounces bounce VERB VBZ Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 along along ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 12 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 19 data data NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 flashes flash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 boosting boost VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 xcomp _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fibre fibre NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bounce** | present | light | | | a thin glass thread | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along thread=Trajectory | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | light *not said here* | data | | | | as flashes | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent data=Theme | | 3 | **travel** | can | light | a long way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location way=Theme | | 4 | **need** | present | light | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **boost** *not said to happen* | gerund | light *not said here* | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **look** | infinitive | | | | | into the end of a fibre | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into end=Theme | 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. 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