--- title: A simile compares two things using "like" or "as" ("The sun is like… — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, allit… · tree and pragmatics description: A simile compares two things using "like" or "as" ("The sun is like a golden coin"); a metaphor says one thing IS another ("The sun is a golden coin"), not as a lie but to make you see what they share: round, shiny, gold. Who acts: simile, sun, metaphor, one thing. 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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 (simile, sun, metaphor, one thing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:046-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration.lesson:1 # text = A simile compares two things using "like" or "as" ("The sun is like a golden coin"); a metaphor says one thing IS another ("The sun is a golden coin"), not as a lie but to make you see what they share: round, shiny, gold. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 046-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R6-punct-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 simile simile NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 compares compare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct 8 like like INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 metaphor metaphor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 31 IS be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 32 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 33 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=6:punct 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 obj _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ _ 56 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct 57 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 parataxis _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=57:punct 59 shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=57:conj|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compare** | present | a simile | two things | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 2 | **use** | gerund | a simile *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the sun | | | | | like a golden coin | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a metaphor | | | | | as a lie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | one thing | another golden coin | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | a metaphor *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **share** | present | simile | | | | | | 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:046-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration.lesson:1`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R6-punct-agree ×4, 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. 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