--- title: They still said no to the 16 game — but they said yes to a 12 one, «… — Parents' rules for big games · tree and pragmatics description: They still said no to the 16 game — but they said yes to a 12 one, «because anyone who can make slides like that can make a good case». Who acts: parents, anyone. 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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 (parents, anyone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games.lesson:5 # text = They still said no to the 16 game — but they said yes to a 12 one, «because anyone who can make slides like that can make a good case». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 404-parents-rules-for-big-games.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 — - PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 17 discourse _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:compound 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=12:obl|HaikuPos=NUM:CD:NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=24:punct 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 21 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 slides slide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obl _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 » » PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=29:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | parents *= parent* | no | the 16 game | | still | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to game=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | parents *= parent* | | a 12 one | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | can | | slides | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slide=Product | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | can | anyone | a good case | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Product | 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:404-parents-rules-for-big-games.lesson:5`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Parents' rules for big games, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/4/) - next →: [Parents' rules for big games, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/6/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/)