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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 (Lessons, That, reason, Alice), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:018-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2.lesson:10 # text = Lessons lasted ten hours the first day, nine the next, and so on: «That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day.» Alice works out that the eleventh day must have been a holiday, but when she asks about the twelfth, the Gryphon quickly changes the subject. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 018-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:obl:unmarked 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ 15 on on ADV RB _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 18 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 25 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:obj 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 lessen lessen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 35 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 36 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 eleventh eleventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 53 about about ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Gryphon gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=60:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 59 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **last** | past | Lessons | nine | | | day; hour | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present · passive | the reason *not said here* | Lessons *= lesson* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **lessen** *in a quote* | present | Lessons *= lesson* | | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **work out** | present | Alice | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | must · perfect | the eleventh day | a holiday | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Alice | | | | | about the twelfth | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about twelfth=Topic | | 8 | **change** | present | the Gryphon | the subject | | | | quickly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:018-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2.lesson:10`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part…, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/9/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part…, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/11/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/)