--- title: When there is a problem, a calm word works best: ask a noisy classma… — Classroom rules and homework · tree and pragmatics description: When there is a problem, a calm word works best: ask a noisy classmate kindly to be quiet, and if you were blamed for something you did not do, explain politely later, in private. Who acts: problem, calm word, noisy classmate, you. 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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 (problem, calm word, noisy classmate, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:254-classroom-rules-and-homework.lesson:1 # text = When there is a problem, a calm word works best: ask a noisy classmate kindly to be quiet, and if you were blamed for something you did not do, explain politely later, in private. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 254-classroom-rules-and-homework.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 10 advmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:conj 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 obl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=13:conj 35 politely politely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=34:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **be** | present | a problem | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **work** | present | a calm word | | | | | well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | a noisy classmate | | | | kindly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent classmate=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a noisy classmate *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **blame** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | you | | | | for something | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for something=Attribute | | 6 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **explain** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a calm word *not said here* | | | private | | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:254-classroom-rules-and-homework.lesson:1`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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: [Classroom rules and homework, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/0/) - next →: [Classroom rules and homework, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/)