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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 (Rat, ducks, fellows, other fellows), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:029-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall.lesson:21 # text = The Rat says the ducks ask why fellows can't «do what they like when they like and as they like, instead of other fellows sitting on banks and watching them all the time and making remarks and poetry». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 029-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall.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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 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 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 8 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:conj 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 28 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 39 remarks remark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | the Rat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the ducks | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | fellows | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **like** *in a quote* | present | fellows *= fellow* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **like** *in a quote* | present | fellows *= fellow* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **like** *in a quote* | present | fellows *= fellow* | | | | | instead other fellows | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | other fellows *not said here* | | | banks | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location | | 8 | **watch** *in a quote* | gerund | other fellows *not said here* | fellows *= fellow* | | | time | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | other fellows *not said here* | remarks and poetry | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset remark=Product | 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:029-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall.lesson:21`. **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 ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p…, 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/19/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p…, 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/22/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/)