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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 (Otter, Portly, Rat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:049-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing.lesson:14 # text = When Otter walked out with the Rat, he said he wanted some air and to stretch his legs — but the Rat could see he was really very nervous. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 049-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=25:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:parataxis 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 really really ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk out** | past | Otter | | | | | with the Rat; out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Portly | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **want** | past | Portly | some air | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme | | 4 | **stretch** | to-infinitive | Portly *not said here* | Portly's legs | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 5 | **see** | could | the Rat | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | Portly | | | | | nervous *property* | tree rules | 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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