--- title: The internet is a network of networks: data is sent in small packets… — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics description: The internet is a network of networks: data is sent in small packets that hop through routers along many paths and are put back together at the end, and if a packet gets lost it is simply sent again; a single web page can come in hundreds of packets. 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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 (internet, small packets, single web page), 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:7 # text = The internet is a network of networks: data is sent in small packets that hop through routers along many paths and are put back together at the end, and if a packet gets lost it is simply sent again; a single web page can come in hundreds of packets. # 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): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 network network NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 networks network NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 data data NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 packets packet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hop hop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 routers router NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:conj 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=26:advmod 26 together together ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=48:punct 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 packet packet NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 simply simply ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:parataxis 41 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 packets packet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the internet | a network | | | | of networks | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | present · passive | | data | | small packets | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in packet=Destination | | 3 | **hop** | present | small packets | | | routers | | along many paths | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through router=Trajectory | | 4 | **put back** | present · passive | small packets *not said here* | | | | at the end | together *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: at end=Destination | | 5 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | a packet | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **send** | present · passive | | internet | | | again | simply *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **come** | can | a single web page | | | hundreds of packets | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hundred=Location | 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:037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.lesson:7`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-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: [The internet and undersea cables, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/6/) - next →: [The internet and undersea cables, 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/8/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/)