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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 (book, master), 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:20 # text = The old Turtle master was called Tortoise «because he taught us»: say «taught us» quickly and it sounds like «tortoise». # 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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 Tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:parataxis 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:conj 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 « « PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 » » PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=23:punct 28 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the old Turtle master | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | book | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | book *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | | us | | | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 5 | **sound** | present | master | | | | | like tortoise | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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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