--- title: A boy in Ohio patted a dog tied outside a shop without asking; the f… — Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wi… · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Ohio patted a dog tied outside a shop without asking; the frightened dog bit his hand and he needed stitches and an injection against germs. Who acts: boy, frightened dog. 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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 (boy, frightened dog), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely.lesson:22 # text = A boy in Ohio patted a dog tied outside a shop without asking; the frightened dog bit his hand and he needed stitches and an injection against germs. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Ohio Ohio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 patted pat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 outside outside ADP IN _ 11 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 without without SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=5:punct 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 frightened frighten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=17:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 stitches stitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 injection injection NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 30 . . 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 | **pat** | past | a boy in Ohio | a dog | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer | | 2 | **tie** | participle | | a dog *not said here* | | | | outside a shop | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bite** | past | the frightened dog | dog's hand | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **need** | past | boy | stitches and a injection against germs | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stitch=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:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely.lesson:22`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, 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. 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