--- title: Practice only helps if it is accurate, which is why schools use look… — How to learn spellings that stick · tree and pragmatics description: Practice only helps if it is accurate, which is why schools use look, say, cover, write, check: look at the word, say it, cover it, write it from memory, then check it letter by letter, and check again tomorrow. Who acts: Practice, schools. 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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 (Practice, schools), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:015-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick.lesson:2 # text = Practice only helps if it is accurate, which is why schools use look, say, cover, write, check: look at the word, say it, cover it, write it from memory, then check it letter by letter, and check again tomorrow. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 015-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 accurate accurate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 acl:relcl _ _ 12 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:obj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 20 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:parataxis 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **help** | present | Practice | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Practice | | | | | accurate *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **use** | present | schools | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | | look | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cover** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **write** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | at the word | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at word=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | look | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 11 | **cover** | infinitive | | look | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 12 | **write** | infinitive | | look | | memory | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent it=Result from memory=Material | | 13 | **check** | infinitive | | look | | | then | by letter; letter *obl:unmarked* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 14 | **check** | infinitive | | | | | again; tomorrow | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:english:015-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick.lesson:2`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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/). - ← previous: [How to learn spellings that stick, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/1/) - next →: [How to learn spellings that stick, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/)