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title: And the real test of a word is using it in your own sentence: «Altho… — Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the real test of a word is using it in your own sentence: «Although it rained, we still played» shows you can spell «although» and also know what it means. Who acts: real test, it, we, you. A sentence of the lesson «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the english course of
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# Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea), sentence 14

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And the real test of a word is using it in your own sentence: «Although it rained, we still played» shows you can spell «although» and also know what it means.

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**Who acts:** real test, it, we, you, test, your · **What happens:** use, rain, play, show, spell, know · **To what, where:** e-i-g-h, own sentence, word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the english course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (real test, it, we, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:english:013-words-to-know-years-3-4.lesson:14
# text = And the real test of a word is using it in your own sentence: «Although it rained, we still played» shows you can spell «although» and also know what it means.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = english
# lesson = 013-words-to-know-years-3-4.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): R8-pos-agree ×1
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
17	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	rained	rain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	still	still	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	csubj	_	_
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
25	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
29	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	_
30	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	28	obj	_	_
31	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	also	also	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=25:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
35	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	37	obj	_	_
36	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | the real test of a word | e-i-g-h |  | your own sentence |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **rain** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 3 | **play** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  | still |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **spell** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent although=Theme |
| 6 | **know** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **mean** | present | test |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 8 | **test** |  |  | a word |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **sentence** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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): 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.

See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/).

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