--- title: If a strange dog runs at you, the safest thing is to stand still lik… — Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and stay… · tree and pragmatics description: If a strange dog runs at you, the safest thing is to stand still like a tree, arms in, looking away, and not run or scream, because running can make it chase. Who acts: strange dog, tree, thing. 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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 (strange dog, tree, thing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe.lesson:12 # text = If a strange dog runs at you, the safest thing is to stand still like a tree, arms in, looking away, and not run or scream, because running can make it chase. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe.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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:advmod 16 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:obj 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct 23 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 scream scream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 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 | **run** | present | a strange dog | | | | | at you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at you=Trajectory | | 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | | | | | still | like a tree and arms | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look away** | gerund | a tree and arms *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **run** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **make** | can | | thing | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **chase** | infinitive | thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe.lesson:12`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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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