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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 (piper, someone), 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:5 # text = The chapter is called «The Piper at the Gates of Dawn»: a piper is someone who plays a pipe, and «the gates of dawn» means the very beginning of the morning. # 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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Piper piper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gates Gates PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=7:nmod|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Dawn Dawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 piper piper NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 « « PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 31 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 very very ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 34 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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** | present · passive | | the chapter | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | a piper | someone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | present | | a pipe | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present | someone | the very beginning of the morning | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beginning=Topic | | 5 | **begin** | | | the morning | | | | | nom beginning «event transitive»: of=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:049-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing.lesson:5`. **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 ×2, 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. 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