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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, homes, āyí), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:chinese-street:028-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents.lesson:6 # text = Leaving has its own dance: you say wǒ gāi zǒu le, they ask you to stay a bit longer, you thank them, and at the door you hear màn zǒu — «walk slowly», which really means «get home safely». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = chinese-street # lesson = 028-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents.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, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 9 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 12 amod _ _ 10 gāi gāi X FW Foreign=Yes 9 flat:foreign _ _ 11 zǒu zǒu X FW Foreign=Yes 9 flat:foreign _ _ 12 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 8 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 màn màn X FW Foreign=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 zǒu zǒu X FW Foreign=Yes 33 flat _ _ 35 — - PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=15:punct 36 « « PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 37 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 38 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 » » PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 really really ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 « « PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 46 home home ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 safely safely ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 » » PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | | āyí's own dance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | wǒ le | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent le=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | homes *= home* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | homes *= home* *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | you | | homes *= home* | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **hear** | present | you | màn | | the door | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer màn=Stimulus | | 8 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | home, safely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **dance** | | āyí | | | | | | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=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. 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