--- title: A boy in Leeds is given chopsticks at a friend's dinner; he tries th… — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and th… · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Leeds is given chopsticks at a friend's dinner; he tries them, never stands them upright in his rice, and politely asks for a fork when the noodles keep slipping. Who acts: boy, noodles. 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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, noodles), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table.lesson:4 # text = A boy in Leeds is given chopsticks at a friend's dinner; he tries them, never stands them upright in his rice, and politely asks for a fork when the noodles keep slipping. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table.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): no change 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Leeds Leeds PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 chopsticks chopstick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 politely politely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 noodles noodle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 36 slipping slip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ _ 37 . . 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 | **give** | present · passive | | a boy in Leeds | | a friend's dinner | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient chopstick=Theme at dinner=Asset | | 2 | **try** | present | boy | chopsticks *= chopstick* | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **stand** | present | boy *not said here* | chopsticks *= chopstick* | | boy's rice | | upright *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in rice=Destination | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | | | | | | for a fork; politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | present | the noodles | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **slip** | gerund | the noodles *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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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