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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 (Duchess, Alice, they), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:012-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat.lesson:0 # text = The Duchess flings the baby at Alice and rushes off to get ready for croquet with the Queen; Alice carries the squirming, star-fish-shaped baby outside, afraid that in that house they would kill it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 012-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 flings fling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rushes rush VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:xcomp 13 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 croquet croquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=9:conj 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 23 squirming squirm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 amod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct 27 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ _ 29 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=30:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 30 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 31 outside outside ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:advmod 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:xcomp 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** | present | the Duchess | the baby | | Alice | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent baby=Theme at alice=Destination | | 2 | **rush off** | present | the Duchess *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | the Duchess *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **carry** | present | Alice | the squirming fish shaped baby | | | | outside *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | | 5 | **squirm** | gerund | | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **kill** | would | they | baby | | that house | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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:books:012-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat.lesson:0`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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