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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 (You, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:094-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby.lesson:22 # text = You should not be cruel even to a Cat.» The Woman: «I knew I was wise, but I did not know I was beautiful.» # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 094-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby.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 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 dep _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 31 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | should | You | | | | | to a Cat; cruel *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | I | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | I | | | | | beautiful *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. 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