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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 (G, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:026-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch.lesson:1 # text = A rating is not there to annoy kids; it is like the depth sign at a swimming pool, telling you where you can stand and where it is too deep for now. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 026-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch.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): no change 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rating rating NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 annoy annoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 root _ _ 8 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 too too ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **annoy** | to-infinitive | | kids | | there | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kid=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | G | | | a swimming pool | | like the depth sign | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stand** *not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | G | | | | | deep *property* | 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:arts:026-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch.lesson:1`. **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): no change. **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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