--- title: In a piece of writing, keep the same tense unless the time really ch… — Tense consistency and verb forms · tree and pragmatics description: In a piece of writing, keep the same tense unless the time really changes; "I was tired, so I'm going to bed" changes on purpose, because the bed is now. Who acts: you, time, simple past, bed. 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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, time, simple past, bed), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:031-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms.lesson:11 # text = In a piece of writing, keep the same tense unless the time really changes; "I was tired, so I'm going to bed" changes on purpose, because the bed is now. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 031-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tense tense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 really really ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 csubj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 bed bed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=29:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 29 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 now now ADV RB _ 29 advcl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the same tense | | a piece of writing | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tense=Theme in piece=Location | | 2 | **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the time | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the simple past *= past* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the simple past *= past* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bed** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the simple past *= past* *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **change** | present | | | | purpose | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | the bed | | | | | now *property* | tree rules | 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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