--- title: Getting a job is a bit like trying out for a team: you send in your… — Finding a job and getting on · tree and pragmatics description: Getting a job is a bit like trying out for a team: you send in your details, you go for a try-out, and often someone else gets picked. Who acts: you, your. 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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 (you, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:adult-life:003-finding-a-job-and-getting-on.lesson:0 # text = Getting a job is a bit like trying out for a team: you send in your details, you go for a try-out, and often someone else gets picked. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = adult-life # lesson = 003-finding-a-job-and-getting-on.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, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 nsubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:obl 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 often often ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | a job | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a bit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try out** | gerund | | | | | | for a team | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for team=Attribute | | 4 | **send in** | present | you | your details | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Theme | | 5 | **go** | present | you | | | | | for a try out | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for out=Beneficiary | | 6 | **pick** | present · passive | | someone | | | | often *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **detail** | | your | | | | | | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=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:adult-life:003-finding-a-job-and-getting-on.lesson:0`. **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, R7-rel-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: [Shifts, nights and other ways of working, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/18/) - next →: [Finding a job and getting on, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/)