--- title: People talk big and small: "my bike's a total pile of rust" may mean… — Olympiad: everyday chemistry detectives ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: People talk big and small: "my bike's a total pile of rust" may mean three orange spots, while "the kettle's got a bit of fur" may mean a crust as thick as a coin - a detective checks the real size. Who acts: People, bike, total pile, kettle. 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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 (People, bike, total pile, kettle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:chemistry:037-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives.lesson:4 # text = People talk big and small: "my bike's a total pile of rust" may mean three orange spots, while "the kettle's got a bit of fur" may mean a crust as thick as a coin - a detective checks the real size. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = chemistry # lesson = 037-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives.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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×5, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:nmod:poss 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 rust rust NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:advcl 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 20 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 's have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=35:csubj 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=32:punct 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 crust crust NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 39 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=35:ccomp 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 - - PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=46:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:::_ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 detective detective NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 checks check VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:advcl 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | People | big | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent big=Patient | | 2 | **pile** *in a quote* | | my bike | | | | | of rust | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | may | a total pile | three orange spots | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Topic | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the kettle | a bit of fur | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus | | 5 | **mean** | may | a total pile *not said here* | a crust | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crust=Topic | | 6 | **check** | present | a detective | the real size | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Theme | 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:037-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives.lesson:4`. **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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×5, 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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