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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 (animals, you, Teasing, teacher), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts.lesson:25 # text = Teasing someone about who they like (a «crush», a person you secretly fancy) can embarrass and hurt; if teasing goes on after you clearly ask them to stop, tell a teacher. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts.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, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Teasing tease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 crush crush NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=10:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 fancy fancy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 embarrass embarrass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=20:punct 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 teasing tease VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 nsubj _ _ 26 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 27 on on ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=26:advcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | gerund | | someone | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | | 2 | **like** | present | animals *= animal* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fancy** | present | you | a person *not said here* | | | | secretly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 4 | **embarrass** | can | Teasing | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hurt** | infinitive | Teasing *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **tease** | gerund | | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go on** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | you | | animals *= animal* | | | clearly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a teacher | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts.lesson:25`. **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, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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