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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 (Mouse, archbishop, Duck), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:005-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race.lesson:12 # text = When the Mouse says the archbishop "found it advisable" (found it a sensible idea), the Duck asks "Found what?", because when a duck finds "it", "it's generally a frog or a worm". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 005-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×5, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 archbishop archbishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:obj 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:parataxis 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 advisable advisable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:appos 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=10:punct 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 13 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=22:punct 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=22:punct 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=33:conj 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 generally generally ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Mouse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | past | the archbishop | attention | | | | advisable *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **find** | participle | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **idea** | | archbishop | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Duck | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | participle | the Duck *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **find** | present | a duck | attention | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | archbishop | a frog or a worm | | | | generally *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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:005-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race.lesson:12`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×5, R7-rel-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 III, part…, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/11/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part…, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/13/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/)