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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 (you, dug, dialect, characters), 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:4 # text = Picture a boy in Glasgow saying "Ah'm gonnae write a wee story aboot ma dug" ("gonnae" means going to, "dug" means dog): dialect is fine in talk and in characters' speech, he can use Standard English for the narrator of a formal piece, and then he edits with the checklist and shares it proudly. # 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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3 1 Picture picture VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 9 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 gonnae gonnae X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 11 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:det 13 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:compound 15 aboot aboot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:compound 16 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dug dug NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=17:punct 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 gonnae gonnae X FW Foreign=Yes 23 discourse _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 24 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 dug dug NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 31 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 dialect dialect NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ' 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=43:punct 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 48 Standard Standard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 edits edit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 checklist checklist NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 shares share VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 proudly proudly ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **picture** | imperative | you *not said here* | a boy | | Glasgow | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **write** *in a quote* | present | | a story | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | dug | dog | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | | 7 | **is** | present | dialect | | | talk | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **use** | can | dug | Standard English | | characters's speech | | for the narrator of a formal piece | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent english=Theme for narrator=Eventuality | | 9 | **edit** | present | dug | | | | then | with the checklist | tree rules | | 10 | **share** | present | dug *not said here* | story | | | | proudly *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **speak** | | characters | | | | | | nom speech «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:054-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer.lesson:4`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3. **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: [Putting it together: reading and writi…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/3/) - next →: [Putting it together: reading and writi…, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/5/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/)