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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 (prank, things, someone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers.lesson:1 # text = A prank that damages things, like egging a house or stuffing a toilet, means someone has to clean or pay for it, and it can be a crime. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers.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): no change 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 damages damage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 egging egg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 stuffing stuff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 16 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 18 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **damage** | present | a prank | things | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 2 | **egg** | gerund | things *not said here* | a house | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stuff** | gerund | things *not said here* | a toilet | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent toilet=Theme | | 4 | **mean** | present | a prank | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | present | someone | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **clean** | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **pay** | infinitive | someone *not said here* | | | | | for prank | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | can | prank | a crime | | | | | tree rules | 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:334-pranks-april-fools-adverts-and-too-good-offers.lesson:1`. **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): no change. **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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