--- title: A dog cannot say «leave me alone», so it says it with its body: it y… — Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with do… · tree and pragmatics description: A dog cannot say «leave me alone», so it says it with its body: it yawns, licks its lips, turns its head away, shows the whites of its eyes, tucks its tail, goes stiff and still, and only then growls. Who acts: dog. 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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), 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:3 # text = A dog cannot say «leave me alone», so it says it with its body: it yawns, licks its lips, turns its head away, shows the whites of its eyes, tucks its tail, goes stiff and still, and only then growls. # 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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 yawns yawn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 licks lick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 whites white NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 tucks tuck VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:conj 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 44 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 still still ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 then the ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 growls growl VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 52 . . 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 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | a dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a dog *= dog* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dog | language | | | | with dog's body | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with body=Manner | | 4 | **yawn** | present | dog | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lick** | present | dog *not said here* | dog's lips | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source | | 6 | **turn away** | present | dog *not said here* | dog's head | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 7 | **show** | present | dog *not said here* | the whites of dog's eyes | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent white=Recipient | | 8 | **tuck** | present | dog *not said here* | dog's tail | | | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 9 | **go** | present | dog *not said here* | | | | | stiff *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **growl** | present | dog *not said here* | | | | | the *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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. 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