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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 (fair test, artist, art, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:018-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that.lesson:3 # text = A fair test is to give it a real look first: stand in front of it for a minute, ask what idea the artist was testing and what it makes you think, then decide; art can aim to be beautiful, but also to shock, ask questions, make people laugh or help them remember. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 018-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that.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 ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 24 det _ _ 24 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 testing test VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=32:parataxis|HaikuPos=VERB:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 decide decide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 aim aim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:conj 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 also also ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 shock shock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 52 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 55 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 56 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a fair test | | art | | | first, give *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | infinitive | | | | front of art | minute | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **test** | past · progressive | the artist | what idea | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | | 5 | **make** | present | art | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **decide** | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **aim** | can | art | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | art *not said here* | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **shock** | to-infinitive | art *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | art *not said here* | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent question=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **make** *not said to happen* | infinitive | questions *not said here* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **laugh** *not said to happen* | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **help** | infinitive | people *not said here* | people | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 15 | **remember** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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. 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