--- title: Online is not the same as true: check where a story comes from and i… — How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, wo… · tree and pragmatics description: Online is not the same as true: check where a story comes from and its date, and look for two trusted sources before sharing news; if you are not sure, "I don't know" is a fine answer. Who acts: Online, story, you, I. 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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 (Online, story, you, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:adult-life:049-how-to-handle-gossip.lesson:17 # text = Online is not the same as true: check where a story comes from and its date, and look for two trusted sources before sharing news; if you are not sure, "I don't know" is a fine answer. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = adult-life # lesson = 049-how-to-handle-gossip.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Online online NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:nsubj|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sharing share VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 parataxis _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | Online | | | | | as true; same *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | present | a story | | | story's date | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from date=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | for two trusted sources | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for source=Theme | | 5 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **share** | gerund | | news | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* | a fine answer | | | | | tree rules | 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:049-how-to-handle-gossip.lesson:17`. **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): 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [How to handle gossip: is it true, is i…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/16/) - next →: [How to handle gossip: is it true, is i…, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/18/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/)