--- title: If a strange dog comes at you, do not run or scream; stand still lik… — Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with do… · tree and pragmatics description: If a strange dog comes at you, do not run or scream; stand still like a tree, arms folded in, look away and then back away slowly; if knocked down, curl into a ball and cover your neck and ears. Who acts: strange dog, you. 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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, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today.lesson:19 # text = If a strange dog comes at you, do not run or scream; stand still like a tree, arms folded in, look away and then back away slowly; if knocked down, curl into a ball and cover your neck and ears. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today.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): R1-cc-next ×2, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=11:cc 13 scream scream VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:nmod 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 22 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 in in ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 31 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:advmod 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=34:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 curl curl VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:obl 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 42 cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=25:conj 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=44:cc 46 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a strange dog | | | | | at you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at you=Location | | 2 | **not** **run** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | infinitive | | | | | still | like a tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fold** | participle | | arms *not said here* | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **look away** | infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **knock down** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **curl** | infinitive | | | | a ball | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination | | 9 | **cover** | infinitive | | your neck and ears | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme neck=Destination | 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:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today.lesson:19`. **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): R1-cc-next ×2, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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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