--- title: To check whether a book is right for you, read the first page: if th… — The library and books · tree and pragmatics description: To check whether a book is right for you, read the first page: if there are more than about five words you do not know, it may be too hard for now, and if you stop enjoying a book after a few chapters, you can choose another. Who acts: book, 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 (book, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:259-library-and-books.lesson:3 # text = To check whether a book is right for you, read the first page: if there are more than about five words you do not know, it may be too hard for now, and if you stop enjoying a book after a few chapters, you can choose another. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 259-library-and-books.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): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 3 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:advcl 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 advcl _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 41 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 chapters chapter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 52 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 51 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=51:obj|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Ind 53 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | book *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | a book | | | | | for you; right *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **read** | infinitive | book *not said here* | the first page | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | book *not said here* | | | | | than five words; more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | you | five words *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | may | book | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **enjoy** | gerund | you *not said here* | a book | | | after a few chapters | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus | | 9 | **choose** | can | you | another | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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:259-library-and-books.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): 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: [The library and books, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/2/) - next →: [The library and books, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/)