--- title: A found dog should not be grabbed, because a scared dog may bite; a… — Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house · tree and pragmatics description: A found dog should not be grabbed, because a scared dog may bite; a grown-up can call the dog warden or take it to a vet, who scans the chip for free. Who acts: scared dog, grown up, vet. 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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 (scared dog, grown up, vet), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.lesson:16 # text = A found dog should not be grabbed, because a scared dog may bite; a grown-up can call the dog warden or take it to a vet, who scans the chip for free. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.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 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 grown grow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 19 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 warden warden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 vet vet NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 scans scan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=26:advcl 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chip chip NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **find** | participle | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **grab** | should · passive | | a found dog | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **bite** | may | a scared dog | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **call** | can | a grown up | the dog warden | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent warden=Recipient | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | a grown up *not said here* | dog | | a vet | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to vet=Destination | | 6 | **scan** | present | a vet | the chip | | | | for free | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent chip=Theme for free=Attribute | 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:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.lesson:16`. **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. **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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