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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, line, cold, travellers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:057-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows.lesson:5 # text = Restless, the Rat climbs a slope and stares at the line of hills to the south, which used to be the edge of his world; now he dreams of seas, sunny coasts and ships beyond them, and lies by the dusty lane thinking of all the travellers who have walked it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 057-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows.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, R7-rel-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Restless Restless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:advmod 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 5 climbs climb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 stares stare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=20:obj 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dreams dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=31:nmod 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=31:conj 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 39 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 thinking thinking VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **climb** | present | the Rat | a slope | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location slope=Theme | | 2 | **stare** | present | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | to the south; at the line of hills | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at line=Theme | | 3 | **use** | past | the line of hills | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the line of hills *not said here* | the edge | | | | of cold's world | tree rules | | 5 | **dream** | present | cold | | | | now | of seas and sunny coasts | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** | present | cold *not said here* | | | | | by the dusty lane | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by lane=Location | | 7 | **thinking** | gerund | cold *not said here* | | | | | of all travellers | tree rules | | 8 | **walk** | present · perfect | all travellers | slope | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | 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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