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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 (Hatter, person, you, Time), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:013-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1.lesson:23 # text = The Hatter talks of Time as a person: «It's him.» If you kept on good terms with him, he says, Time would jump the clock from nine o'clock lessons to half-past one, dinner-time (dinner = the midday meal in old English homes); when Alice says she wouldn't be hungry yet, he answers «you could keep it to half-past one as long as you liked». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 013-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1.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, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hatter hatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 talks talk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 11 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 parataxis _ _ 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 16 If if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:obj 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 Time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 half half VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ _ 47 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 = = SYM SYM _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=55:compound|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 55 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 59 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:parataxis 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 62 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 63 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 65 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 ccomp _ _ 66 yet yet ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 70 « « PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 ccomp _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 half half VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 xcomp _ _ 77 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ _ 78 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ _ 80 as as ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 81 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 73 advmod _ _ 82 as as SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 83 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 advcl _ _ 85 » » PUNCT '' _ 84 punct _ _ 86 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | the Hatter | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | person | hair | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep on** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | good terms | | | | with Hatter | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Hatter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **jump** | would | Time | the clock | | nine o'clock lessons | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent clock=Theme from lesson=Trajectory | | 6 | **half** | to-infinitive | Time *not said here* | past one | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is** | would | Alice | | | | yet | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | Hatter | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **keep** *in a quote* | could | you | clock | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **half** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | clock *not said here* | past one | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **like** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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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