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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 (haiku, 5 5 syllables, limerick, lines), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:047-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing.lesson:1 # text = A haiku (from Japan) is, in English schools, three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables catching one small moment; a limerick is a funny five-line poem whose lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other (AABBA). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 047-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 haiku haiku NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:appos 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:nmod 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 flat _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 syllables syllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 22 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 24 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 limerick limerick NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:nsubj|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 31 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 32 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 36 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=40:compound 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 flat _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 47 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 appos _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 conj _ _ 50 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 50 nmod _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 fixed _ _ 54 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 55 AABBA AABBA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a haiku from Japan | three lines and 5 5 syllables and a funny line poem and rhyme | | English schools | | | tree rules | | 2 | **catch** | gerund | 5 5 syllables *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | a limerick | a funny line poem and rhyme | | | | a funny line poem and rhyme's lines and 5 rhyme *nmod* | tree rules | | 4 | **rhyme** | | lines | | | | | with each | 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:047-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing.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): R5-strong ×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: [Poetry: simile, metaphor, personificat…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/16/) - next →: [Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/)