--- title: Under the funny words there can be a real problem, so it helps to kn… — Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs · tree and pragmatics description: Under the funny words there can be a real problem, so it helps to know exactly what they mean. Who acts: real problem, problem, 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 (real problem, problem, words), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:euphemisms:030-drinking-and-drugs.lesson:4 # text = Under the funny words there can be a real problem, so it helps to know exactly what they mean. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = euphemisms # lesson = 030-drinking-and-drugs.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 ×6, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:obl 5 there there PRON EX _ 7 expl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:expl 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:aux 7 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:cop|HaikuPos=AUX:VB:VerbForm=Inf 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:parataxis 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 expl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:nsubj 14 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=0:root 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=14:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **can** | can | a real problem | | | the funny words; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under word=Location | | 2 | **help** | present | | problem | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | problem *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **mean** | present | words *= word* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:euphemisms:030-drinking-and-drugs.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 ×6, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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: [Soft words for hard things: drinking a…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/3/) - next →: [Soft words for hard things: drinking a…, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/5/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/)