--- title: In most bees you may ask for the definition, a sentence, the languag… — Olympiad: the Spelling Bee · tree and pragmatics description: In most bees you may ask for the definition, a sentence, the language of origin and to hear the word again; you may start again, but you cannot change letters you have already said. Who acts: you. 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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), 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:16 # text = In most bees you may ask for the definition, a sentence, the language of origin and to hear the word again; you may start again, but you cannot change letters you have already said. # 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 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 definition definition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:obl 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:obl 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:parataxis 35 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 already already ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | | | | | in most bees; for the definition and a sentence and the language of origin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the word | | | again | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **start** | may | you | | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **change** | can | you | letters | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | you | letters *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent letter=Topic | 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. 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