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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 (King, Cat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:016-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2.lesson:19 # text = The King says the Cat may kiss his hand; the Cat answers «I'd rather not»; the King says «Don't be impertinent» (impertinent = cheeky, rude), and gets behind Alice as he speaks. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 016-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-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, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 says say 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 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:det 12 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 16 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 17 rather rather ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 King king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 « « PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 25 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 impertinent impertinent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 29 » » PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 31 impertinent impertinent NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 32 = = PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct 35 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 appos _ _ 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 behind behind ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **kiss** | may | the Cat | Cat's hand | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 3 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | would | the Cat | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | impertinent *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | present | the King *not said here* | | | Alice | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Cat | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:016-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2.lesson:19`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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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