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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, such thing, Dormouse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:014-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2.lesson:7 # text = When Alice says there is no such thing as a treacle-well, the Dormouse sulks; she promises not to interrupt, and breaks the promise almost at once. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 014-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2.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 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 treacle treacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 - - PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 well well INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Dormouse dormouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sulks sulk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 interrupt interrupt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:conj 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 almost almost ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 17 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | no such thing as a treacle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sulk** | present | the Dormouse | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **interrupt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **break** | present | Alice *not said here* | the promise | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | 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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