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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 (teacher, you, answering, detention), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:257-school-adults-and-the-playground.lesson:1 # text = When a teacher tells you off, you listen, say sorry if you were wrong and do not answer back, because answering back makes the trouble bigger; a detention (being kept in at break or after school) is a consequence that helps you change. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 257-school-adults-and-the-playground.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:aux|HaikuPos=AUX:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 csubj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 detention detention NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 33 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ _ 34 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | present | a teacher | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **listen** | present | you | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **answer back** *speech: assert* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **answer back** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | present | answering | the trouble | | | | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trouble=Product | | 8 | **keep** | gerund · passive | | a detention *not said here* | | break or school | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: in break=Location | | 9 | **is a** | present | a detention | a consequence | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **help** | present | a consequence | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 11 | **change** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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:257-school-adults-and-the-playground.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): 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: [Teachers, visitors and the playground, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/0/) - next →: [Teachers, visitors and the playground, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/)