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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 (Mercury, only metal, Helium, broken mercury thermometer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:chemistry:002-elements-and-the-periodic-table.lesson:14 # text = Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature; it is poisonous, so a broken mercury thermometer is a job for a grown-up; in very hard frost, below about minus 39 degrees, it freezes into a solid metal. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = chemistry # lesson = 002-elements-and-the-periodic-table.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): R4-particle ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Mercury Mercury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 liquid liquid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 temperature temperature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=21:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 20 mercury mercury NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 thermometer thermometer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:det 27 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ Agree=R4-particle|Haiku=27:compound 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:nmod 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 below below ADP IN _ 40 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 37 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 minus minus ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=40:advmod 39 39 39 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 freezes freeze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 | Mercury | the only metal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the only metal | | | room temperature | | liquid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | Helium | | | | | poisonous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | a broken mercury thermometer | a job | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **freeze** | present | Helium | | | grown hard frost and 39 degrees | | into a solid metal | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:chemistry:002-elements-and-the-periodic-table.lesson:14`. **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): R4-particle ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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. 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