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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 (weddings, Palace, recollections, family), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:adult-life:044-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book.lesson:14 # text = In March 2021 they gave a TV interview to Oprah Winfrey and spoke of a hurtful remark by a family member they did not name; the Palace replied that «some recollections may vary» and that the family would deal with it privately. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = adult-life # lesson = 044-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book.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, R5-strong ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 2021 2021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 interview interview NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Oprah Oprah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 Winfrey Winfrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 hurtful hurtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:obl 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 « « PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 recollections recollection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 vary vary VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 36 » » PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=29:cc 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=29:conj 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 privately privately ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 . . 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 | **give** | past | weddings *= wedding* | a TV interview | Oprah | | march | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent interview=Theme to oprah=Recipient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | weddings *= wedding* *not said here* | | | | | of a hurtful remark by a family member | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **name** | past · do-support | weddings *= wedding* | a family member *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Theme | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Palace | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **vary** *in a quote* | may | some recollections | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **deal** | would | the family | | | | | with Palace; privately *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme | | 7 | **remark** | | a family member | | | | | | nom remark «communication transitive»: by=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:044-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book.lesson:14`. **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, R5-strong ×2, 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. 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