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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 (rude gestures, finger salute), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:euphemisms:040-with-all-due-respect.lesson:5 # text = There are also rude gestures with jokey names, like "the one-finger salute", which is no salute at all but an insult made with the middle finger. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = euphemisms # lesson = 040-with-all-due-respect.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 ×2 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:advmod 4 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gestures gesture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 jokey jokey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 salute salute NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 salute salute NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nmod _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:acl 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | rude gestures with jokey names and the finger salute but a insult | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | the finger salute but a insult | no salute | | all | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a insult *not said here* | | | | with the middle finger | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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:040-with-all-due-respect.lesson:5`. **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 ×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: [Soft words for hard things: rudeness a…, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/4/) - next →: [Soft words for hard things: rudeness a…, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/6/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/)