--- title: For example, a boy in Ohio drops a glass: he stands still, tells his… — Chores and broken things · tree and pragmatics description: For example, a boy in Ohio drops a glass: he stands still, tells his little sister and the dog to stay out, puts shoes on and calls his dad before anyone walks through the kitchen. Who acts: boy, anyone. 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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 (boy, anyone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things.lesson:3 # text = For example, a boy in Ohio drops a glass: he stands still, tells his little sister and the dog to stay out, puts shoes on and calls his dad before anyone walks through the kitchen. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 111-chores-and-broken-things.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, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ohio Ohio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 drops drop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:conj 14 still still ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 nsubj _ _ 36 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=27:advcl 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | present | a boy in Ohio | a glass | | | | for example | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | present | boy | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | boy *not said here* | | boy's little sister and the dog | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put on** | present | a boy in Ohio *not said here* | shoes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal | | 6 | **call** | present | a boy in Ohio *not said here* | | boy's dad | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | | 7 | **walk** | present | anyone | | | the kitchen | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through kitchen=Trajectory | 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:everyday:111-chores-and-broken-things.lesson:3`. **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, R7-rel-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: [Chores and broken things, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/2/) - next →: [Chores and broken things, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/)