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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 (father, young man, man, old man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:009-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar.lesson:13 # text = In "You are old, Father William" a young man asks his father, in this order, why he stands on his head, how he turns a back-somersault, how he ate a whole goose with the bones and the beak, and how he balances an eel on his nose; the old man says his jaw got strong because he "argued each case with my wife". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 009-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar.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, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:obl 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 William William PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=8:punct 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:conj 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 somersault somersault NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 balances balance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 53 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:conj 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 ccomp _ _ 66 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 xcomp _ _ 67 because because SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 " " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ _ 70 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 71 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 72 det _ _ 72 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 with with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=72:nmod 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=75:punct 77 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | man's father *= father* | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a young man | | man's father | this order | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stand** | present | man | | | man's head | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location | | 4 | **turn** | present | man | a back somersault | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent somersault=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past | man | a whole goose | | | | with the bones and the beak | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Patient | | 6 | **balance** | present | man | a eel | | man's nose | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eel=Theme on nose=Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **get** | past | man's jaw | | | | | strong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **argue** *speech: disagree* *in a quote* | past | jaw | each case | | | | with my wife | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent case=Topic with wife=Co-Agent | 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:009-alice-ch5-part1-advice-from-a-caterpillar.lesson:13`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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