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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 (Beat time, Hatter, beat, 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:24 # text = «Beat time» in music means tapping the beat; the Hatter pretends it means hitting Time, who «won't stand beating». # 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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 Beat Beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 tapping tap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:ccomp 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 pretends pretend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 17 hitting hit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 ccomp _ _ 18 Time Time PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 « « PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 22 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 beating beat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 . . 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 | **mean** | present | Beat time in music | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tap** *not said to happen* | gerund | Beat time in music *not said here* | the beat | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent beat=Location | | 3 | **pretend** | present | the Hatter | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | present | beat | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **hit** | gerund | | Time | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme time=Co-Theme | | 6 | **not** **stand** *in a quote* | future | Time | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **beat** *in a quote* | gerund | Time *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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. 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