--- title: Asking a question is the fastest way to learn, and teachers like que… — Questions, group work and the adults at school · tree and pragmatics description: Asking a question is the fastest way to learn, and teachers like questions; a question that is not about the lesson can wait until break or the end of the lesson. Who acts: Asking, teachers, question. 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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 (Asking, teachers, question), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.lesson:0 # text = Asking a question is the fastest way to learn, and teachers like questions; a question that is not about the lesson can wait until break or the end of the lesson. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=12:punct 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 26 until until ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | a question | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | Asking | the fastest way | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **like** | present | teachers | questions | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot question=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | can | a question | | | | until break or the end of the lesson | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.lesson:0`. **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): R6-punct-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: [Tests, exams and mistakes, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/20/) - next →: [Questions, group work and the adults a…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/)