--- title: Copying to learn is fine; the problem starts when you pass off someo… — Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, givi… · tree and pragmatics description: Copying to learn is fine; the problem starts when you pass off someone else's work as your own, like entering a traced picture in a competition or pasting a website's sentences into homework. Who acts: Copying, problem, you, someone. 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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 (Copying, problem, you, someone), 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:1 # text = Copying to learn is fine; the problem starts when you pass off someone else's work as your own, like entering a traced picture in a competition or pasting a website's sentences into homework. # 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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Copying copy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 17 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 like like SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 competition competition NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 pasting paste VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 website website NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Copying | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **start** | present | the problem | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **pass off** | present | you | someone's work | | | | as your own | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent work=Duration as own=Attribute | | 6 | **enter** | gerund | | a traced picture | | a competition | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme picture=Destination | | 7 | **trace** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **paste** | gerund | | a website's sentences | | homework | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient | | 9 | **work** | | someone | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **sentence** | | a website | | | | | | nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:arts:035-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit.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): 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. 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