--- title: Rhyme depends on accent: a Glasgow boy says "'Bath' doesnae rhyme wi… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics description: Rhyme depends on accent: a Glasgow boy says "'Bath' doesnae rhyme wi' 'laugh' for me, Miss" ("doesnae" is doesn't), because in Scotland and the North bath has a short a, while in much of the South of England it rhymes with laugh; and not every poem rhymes at all, while rap is poetry with a heavy bea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/) / [Poetry: rhyme and rhythm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/) / 4 # Poetry: rhyme and rhythm, sentence 4 Rhyme depends on accent: a Glasgow boy says "'Bath' doesnae rhyme wi' 'laugh' for me, Miss" ("doesnae" is doesn't), because in Scotland and the North bath has a short a, while in much of the South of England it rhymes with laugh; and not every poem rhymes at all, while rap is poetry with a heavy beat. **Who acts:** Rhyme, Glasgow boy, Bath, North bath, poem, rap · **What happens:** depend, say, wi, have, rhyme, not rhyme · **To what, where:** a, Scotland, much, all, poetry · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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 (Rhyme, Glasgow boy, Bath, North bath), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:045-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm.lesson:4 # text = Rhyme depends on accent: a Glasgow boy says "'Bath' doesnae rhyme wi' 'laugh' for me, Miss" ("doesnae" is doesn't), because in Scotland and the North bath has a short a, while in much of the South of England it rhymes with laugh; and not every poem rhymes at all, while rap is poetry with a heavy beat. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 045-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 accent accent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 doesnae doesnae X FW Foreign=Yes 16 dep _ _ 15 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=16:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 19 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Miss miss NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 doesnae doesnae NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 32 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=56:det 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=56:obj 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=49:obl 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 rhymes rhyme VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 62 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 63 det _ _ 63 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 rhymes rhyme VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 64 nmod _ _ 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 while while SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 69 rap rap NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 70 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 71 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 76 . . 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 | **depend** | present | Rhyme | | | | | on accent | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on accent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Glasgow boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wi** *in a quote* | | Bath | | | | | for a Glasgow boy *= boy* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | the North bath | a | | Scotland | | short *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Patient | | 5 | **rhyme** | present | Rhyme | | | much of the South of England | | with laugh | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with laugh=Co-Patient | | 6 | **not** **rhyme** | present | every poem | | | all | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | present | rap | poetry | | | | with a heavy beat | 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:english:045-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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: [Poetry: rhyme and rhythm, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/3/) - next →: [Poetry: rhyme and rhythm, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/5/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/)