--- title: A dog can learn a way to ask for things, such as ringing a bell at t… — Training a dog with rewards and patience · tree and pragmatics description: A dog can learn a way to ask for things, such as ringing a bell at the door to go out for a wee, and some dogs are being taught to press buttons that play recorded words. Who acts: dog, things, dogs, buttons. 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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 (dog, things, dogs, buttons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience.lesson:14 # text = A dog can learn a way to ask for things, such as ringing a bell at the door to go out for a wee, and some dogs are being taught to press buttons that play recorded words. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience.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 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:compound:prt|HaikuPos=ADP:RP:_ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 press press VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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** | can | a dog | a way | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | a dog *not said here* | a way *not said here* | | | | for things | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ring** | gerund | things *not said here* | a bell | | the door | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | | 4 | **go out** | to-infinitive | things *not said here* | | | | | for a wee; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive | | some dogs | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **press** | to-infinitive | some dogs *not said here* | buttons | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme | | 7 | **play** | present | buttons | recorded words | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 8 | **record** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience.lesson:14`. **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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