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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 (Alice, you, way, Cat), 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:13 # text = Alice asks "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?", and the Cat answers "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."; Alice says "I don't much care where—so long as I get somewhere", and the Cat says "Then it doesn't matter which way you go." # 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): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 4 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 please please INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:discourse 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:acl:relcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 obl _ _ 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=25:det 24 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=25:compound 25 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 27 That that PRON DT PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 28 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 acl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=33:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:":_ 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=43:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 51 — - PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 57 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 56 advmod _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=56:punct 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 64 " " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ _ 65 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 ccomp _ _ 70 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 71 det _ _ 71 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl:unmarked _ _ 72 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 75 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | would | you | which way | Alice | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient way=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | which way *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from here=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | the Cat | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | That | a good deal | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **get** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Alice | | | | | long *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **get** *in a quote* | present | Alice | | | | | somewhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | it | which way | | | then | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 13 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | which way *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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:13`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×2, 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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