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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 (T, family group), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:089-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete.lesson:7 # text = The T is a family group, Tegumai holding hands with Taffy and Teshumai, drawn so often that it becomes a thin line with arms out. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 089-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete.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 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 T t NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 10 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:nmod 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Teshumai Teshumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:advmod 18 often often ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:advmod 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is a** | present | the T | a family group | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | a family group *not said here* | hands | | | | with Taffy and Teshumai | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | participle | | Taffy and Teshumai *not said here* | | | | often *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **become** | present | T | a thin line with arms | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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. 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