--- title: Some words point back to something earlier, and you must work out wh… — Olympiad: tricky comprehension · tree and pragmatics description: Some words point back to something earlier, and you must work out which: in "The trophy didn't fit in the suitcase because it was too big", "it" is the trophy, but with "too small", "it" is the suitcase. Who acts: words, you, trophy. 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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 (words, you, trophy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:060-olympiad-tricky-comprehension.lesson:2 # text = Some words point back to something earlier, and you must work out which: in "The trophy didn't fit in the suitcase because it was too big", "it" is the trophy, but with "too small", "it" is the suitcase. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 060-olympiad-tricky-comprehension.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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 point point VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 7 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:advmod 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 12 obl _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 trophy trophy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 suitcase suitcase NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 advcl _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 trophy trophy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=44:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 43 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=44:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 expl _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 suitcase suitcase NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 53 . . 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 | **point back** | present | some words | | something | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to something=Recipient | | 2 | **work out** | must | you | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 3 | **not** **fit** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the trophy | | | the suitcase | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in suitcase=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | trophy | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the trophy but the small suitcase | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | | the small suitcase | | | | | tree rules | 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:060-olympiad-tricky-comprehension.lesson:2`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Olympiad: tricky comprehension, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/1/) - next →: [Olympiad: tricky comprehension, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/)