--- title: You may ask for the definition, the word in a sentence or the langua… — Olympiad: the Spelling Bee · tree and pragmatics description: You may ask for the definition, the word in a sentence or the language it comes from, and the origin is a real clue: words from Greek often use "rh", "ph" and "y" (rhythm), and words from French often end in "-ette" or "-ue" (silhouette, queue). Who acts: You, language, origin, words. 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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, language, origin, words), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:055-olympiad-the-spelling-bee.lesson:1 # text = You may ask for the definition, the word in a sentence or the language it comes from, and the origin is a real clue: words from Greek often use "rh", "ph" and "y" (rhythm), and words from French often end in "-ette" or "-ue" (silhouette, queue). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 055-olympiad-the-spelling-bee.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, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 definition definition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:obl 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 17 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 clue clue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:obl 27 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 appos _ _ 29 from from SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 Greek Greek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=32:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 31 often often ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 rh rh NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ _ 38 ph ph NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=34:punct 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 42 y y NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 45 rhythm rhythm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 46 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 often often ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=53:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=57:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 57 ette ette NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=62:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 62 ue ue NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=26:conj 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 64 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 65 punct _ _ 65 silhouette silhouette NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 queue queue NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 65 punct _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | may | You | | | | | for the definition | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | present | language | the language *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location language=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | the origin | a real clue | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | present | words Greek *not said here* | rh and ph | | | | often *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rh=Patient | | 5 | **end** | present | words from French | | | ette or ue | | often *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:055-olympiad-the-spelling-bee.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/0/) - next →: [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/)