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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 (Alliteration, words, slithering snakes, hissing), 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:3 # text = Alliteration repeats the first sound of words close together, like "slithering snakes slide silently", where the hissing s even sounds like the snake; onomatopoeia is different: a word that sounds like what it means, such as buzz, bang or splash. # 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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Alliteration alliteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 repeats repeat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 close close VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 like like SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct 13 slithering slither VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 slide slide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 silently silently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hissing hissing NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 s 's PART POS Typo=Yes 21 case _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 onomatopoeia onomatopoeia NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 like like SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 44 case _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 buzz buzz NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:appos 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 splash splash NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | present | Alliteration | the first sound of words | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Eventuality | | 2 | **close** | present | words *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **slither** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **slide** *in a quote* | present | slithering snakes | | | | | silently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sound** | present | the hissing | | | | | like the snake | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | onomatopoeia | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sound** | present | a word and buzz and bang or splash | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **mean** | present | onomatopoeia | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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:3`. **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. **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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