--- title: Before you buy, ask whether you really want the thing or only want t… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics description: Before you buy, ask whether you really want the thing or only want to fit in, whether you would use both items in a «buy one get one free» offer, and whether a cheap toy will break and cost more in the end. Who acts: you, get one free offer, cheap toy. 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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 (you, get one free offer, cheap toy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending.lesson:2 # text = Before you buy, ask whether you really want the thing or only want to fit in, whether you would use both items in a «buy one get one free» offer, and whether a cheap toy will break and cost more in the end. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending.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): R5-strong ×1 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 buy buy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 really really ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 23 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 items item NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 27 « « PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 28 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=28:xcomp 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 32 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 » » PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 34 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 45 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | present | you | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **want** | present | you | the thing | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 4 | **want** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **fit in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **use** | would | you | both items | | a get one free offer | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Patient | | 7 | **buy** *in a quote* | infinitive | a get one free offer *not said here* | one | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **break** | future | a cheap toy | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **cost** | infinitive | a cheap toy *not said here* | more | | | in the end | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | 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:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending.lesson:2`. **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): R5-strong ×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: [Pocket money, saving and spending, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/1/) - next →: [Pocket money, saving and spending, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/)