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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 (artist), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:035-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit.lesson:0 # text = Every artist learns by copying: tracing a fox from a book, singing a famous song, drawing a cartoon character, or painting a copy of a masterpiece in a gallery. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 035-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit.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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=5:punct 7 tracing trace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 painting paint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 masterpiece masterpiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | every artist | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **copy** | gerund | every artist *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **trace** | gerund | every artist *not said here* | a fox | | a book | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | every artist *not said here* | a famous song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | gerund | every artist *not said here* | a cartoon character | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 6 | **paint** | gerund | every artist *not said here* | a copy of a masterpiece | | a gallery | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent copy=Theme in gallery=Destination | | 7 | **copy** | | | a masterpiece | | | | | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:035-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit.lesson:0`. **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): R6-punct-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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