--- title: Charlie, nine, said his big sister was «in the shower» when she had… — Big kids, little kids and the truth at home · tree and pragmatics description: Charlie, nine, said his big sister was «in the shower» when she had sneaked out to a friend's; Dad heard no water and found her room empty, both got in trouble, and she didn't even say thanks. Who acts: Charlie, big sister, sister, Dad. 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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 (Charlie, big sister, sister, Dad), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home.lesson:19 # text = Charlie, nine, said his big sister was «in the shower» when she had sneaked out to a friend's; Dad heard no water and found her room empty, both got in trouble, and she didn't even say thanks. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home.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, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Charlie Charlie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sneaked sneak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 19 out out ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=26:nsubj|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 both both PRON DT _ 36 nsubj _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 even even ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Charlie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Charlie's big sister | | | the shower | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sneak out** | past · perfect | sister | | | | | to a friend *result*; out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to friend=Result | | 4 | **hear** | past | Dad | no water | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** | past | Dad *not said here* | sister's room | | | | empty *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic | | 6 | **get** | past | both | | | trouble | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | sister | thanks | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic | 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:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home.lesson:19`. **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, 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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