--- title: Some apps are built to hook you: an "AI friend" in a game that gets… — Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages · tree and pragmatics description: Some apps are built to hook you: an "AI friend" in a game that gets "sad" if you don't chat every day is using pretend feelings to keep you coming back. Who acts: AI friend, you. 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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 (AI friend, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:ai:013-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages.lesson:2 # text = Some apps are built to hook you: an "AI friend" in a game that gets "sad" if you don't chat every day is using pretend feelings to keep you coming back. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = ai # lesson = 013-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 apps app NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hook hook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:xcomp 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 chat chat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 31 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present · passive | | some apps | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **hook** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | vn rotate-51.9.1-1 «NP V NP.extent»: agent=Theme you=Extent | | 3 | **get** | present | a AI friend in a game | sad | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sad=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **chat** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | | | day | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **use** | present · progressive | a AI friend in a game | pretend feelings | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | a AI friend in a game *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come back** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:ai:013-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages.lesson:2`. **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): 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: [Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messa…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/1/) - next →: [Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messa…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/)