--- title: Then he got told Sam was «not loyal» because Sam wouldn't come to th… — Street gangs and loyalty · tree and pragmatics description: Then he got told Sam was «not loyal» because Sam wouldn't come to the big fight, and he found himself saying it too, even though Sam had been his mate since nursery. Who acts: Sam, toddler. 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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 (Sam, toddler), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty.lesson:3 # text = Then he got told Sam was «not loyal» because Sam wouldn't come to the big fight, and he found himself saying it too, even though Sam had been his mate since nursery. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 383-street-gangs-and-loyalty.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 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 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 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 xcomp _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 too too ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 advcl _ _ 36 since since ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 nursery nursery NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | toddler | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | Sam | | | | | loyal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **come** | would | Sam | | | the big fight | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fight=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **find** | past | toddler | toddler | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | toddler *not said here* | fight | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past · perfect | Sam | toddler's mate | | | since nursery | | 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:383-street-gangs-and-loyalty.lesson:3`. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Street gangs and loyalty, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/1/) - next →: [Street gangs and loyalty, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/)