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title: She wants to fight like a boy, so she gets hit like a boy.» Some of… — Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality» · tree and pragmatics
description: She wants to fight like a boy, so she gets hit like a boy.» Some of the class agreed: «Maddie deserved it, she's always shoving.» When the school called Connor's dad in, he said, «Well, she was asking for it.» That evening Maddie's big brother Ryan wanted to «sort Connor out» after school. Who acts:
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# Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality», sentence 4

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She wants to fight like a boy, so she gets hit like a boy.» Some of the class agreed: «Maddie deserved it, she's always shoving.» When the school called Connor's dad in, he said, «Well, she was asking for it.» That evening Maddie's big brother Ryan wanted to «sort Connor out» after school.

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**Who acts:** Connor, Some, Maddie, school, big brother · **What happens:** want, fight, get, hit, agree, deserve · **To what, where:** class, dad, Connor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Connor, Some, Maddie, school), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:everyday:379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality.lesson:4
# text = She wants to fight like a boy, so she gets hit like a boy.» Some of the class agreed: «Maddie deserved it, she's always shoving.» When the school called Connor's dad in, he said, «Well, she was asking for it.» That evening Maddie's big brother Ryan wanted to «sort Connor out» after school.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = everyday
# lesson = 379-maddies-nose-and-connors-equality.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, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=22:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_
18	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	nsubj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	_
25	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	32	advmod	_	_
32	shoving	shove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	parataxis	_	_
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
34	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
35	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	38	advmod	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
39	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	's	's	PART	POS	_	39	case	_	_
41	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
47	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	52	punct	_	_
48	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	52	discourse	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	45	ccomp	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obl	_	_
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
56	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
57	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	58	det	_	_
58	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl:unmarked	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:obl:unmarked
59	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod:poss	_	_
60	's	's	PART	POS	_	59	case	_	_
61	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj	_	_
63	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	_
64	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	67	mark	_	_
66	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	67	punct	_	_
67	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	xcomp	_	_
68	Connor	Connor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	obj	_	_
69	out	out	ADP	RP	_	67	compound:prt	_	_
70	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	67	punct	_	_
71	after	after	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Connor |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Connor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a boy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | present | Connor |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **hit** | participle | Connor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a boy | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | past | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **deserve** | past | Maddie | class |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **shove** | present · progressive | Connor |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **call in** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the school |  | Connor's dad |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | school |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 10 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Connor |  |  |  |  | for class | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **want** *in a quote* | past | Maddie's big brother |  |  |  | after school; evening |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 12 | **sort out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Maddie's big brother *not said here* | Connor |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connor=Theme |

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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.

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**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, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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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