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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 (shape poem, words, subject), 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:13 # text = A shape poem (also called a calligram) is laid out in the shape of its subject, but its words must still be strong. # 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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 5 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:acl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 calligram calligram NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | a shape poem *not said here* | a calligram | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lay out** | present · passive | | a shape poem | | the shape of shape's subject | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in shape=Destination | | 3 | **is** | must | subject's words | | | | still | strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **word** | | subject | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:13`. **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): 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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