--- title: A helmet protects only if it fits: snug, level on the head, just abo… — Bikes, scooters and car parks · tree and pragmatics description: A helmet protects only if it fits: snug, level on the head, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled — a loose helmet slides off when you need it. Who acts: helmet, strap, loose helmet, 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 (helmet, strap, loose helmet, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks.lesson:0 # text = A helmet protects only if it fits: snug, level on the head, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled — a loose helmet slides off when you need it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks.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, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 protects protect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 snug snug NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=11:punct 11 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 above above ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 eyebrows eyebrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:conj 24 buckled buckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 — - PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 slides slide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | present | a helmet | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fit** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | helmet | snug and level and the eyebrows | | the head | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent snug=Theme on head=Trajectory | | 3 | **buckle** | participle | the strap | the eyebrows *not said here* | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyebrow=Patient | | 4 | **slide off** | present | a loose helmet | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **need** | present | you | helmet | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks.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): R5-strong ×1, 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: [Airports and planes, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/18/) - next →: [Bikes, scooters and car parks, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/)