--- title: Reading like a writer means noticing the tricks an author uses, not… — Putting it together: reading and writing like a… · tree and pragmatics description: Reading like a writer means noticing the tricks an author uses, not just what happens: how the first line hooks you, how tension builds, how a twist surprises you. Who acts: Reading, author, first line, tension. 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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 (Reading, author, first line, tension), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:054-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer.lesson:0 # text = Reading like a writer means noticing the tricks an author uses, not just what happens: how the first line hooks you, how tension builds, how a twist surprises you. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 054-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer.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 1 Reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 like like SCONJ IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 noticing notice VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 16 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:det 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:amod 21 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:compound 22 hooks hook VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 tension tension NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 twist twist NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 surprises surprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | like a writer | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | Reading | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **notice** | gerund | | the tricks | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trick=Stimulus | | 4 | **use** | present | a author | the tricks *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient | | 5 | **not** **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hook** | present | the first line | you | | | | | vn rotate-51.9.1-1 «NP V NP.extent»: agent=Theme you=Extent | | 7 | **build** | present | tension | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **surprise** | present | a twist | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | 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:054-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer.lesson:0`. **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. **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: [Writing assessment and the "Year 6 pan…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/16/) - next →: [Putting it together: reading and writi…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/)