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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 (stamens, fine powder, pistil, tiny eggs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:023-flowers-and-seeds.lesson:1 # text = In its middle are the stamens, which make a fine powder called pollen, and the pistil, which holds tiny eggs called ovules. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 023-flowers-and-seeds.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, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stamens stamen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 pollen pollen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=6:cc 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pistil pistil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 ovules ovule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 xcomp _ _ 26 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=6: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 stamens and the pistil | | flower's middle | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | the stamens and the pistil | a fine powder | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset powder=Product | | 3 | **call** | participle | a fine powder *not said here* | pollen | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hold** | present | the pistil | tiny eggs | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | | 5 | **call** | participle | tiny eggs *not said here* | ovules | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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:world:023-flowers-and-seeds.lesson:1`. **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, 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: [Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra…, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/0/) - next →: [Flowers, pollination and how seeds tra…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/23-flowers-and-seeds/)