--- title: Zoe's mum in Cardiff got a text: «Hi Mum, it's me, broke my phone, n… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics description: Zoe's mum in Cardiff got a text: «Hi Mum, it's me, broke my phone, new number, can you send money?» She showed Zoe and laughed: «Your brother's in the living room, love.» The check is easy: ring the number you already know, or look in the next room. Who acts: mum, text, Two lads, you. 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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 (mum, text, Two lads, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it.lesson:16 # text = Zoe's mum in Cardiff got a text: «Hi Mum, it's me, broke my phone, new number, can you send money?» She showed Zoe and laughed: «Your brother's in the living room, love.» The check is easy: ring the number you already know, or look in the next room. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 451-the-check-that-settles-it.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 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 11 Hi hi INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 12 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 vocative _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 31 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 33 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 37 « « PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 38 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 vocative _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 48 » » PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 49 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 53 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 54 ring ring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 already already ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, indirect=0, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Zoe's mum in Cardiff | a text | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | text | Two lads in Leeds *= lad* | | | | Mum *vocative* | tree rules | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | past | Two lads in Leeds *= lad* | my phone and new number | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer phone=Patient | | 4 | **send** *in a quote* | can | you | money | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **show** | past | Mum | | Zoe | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zoe=Recipient | | 6 | **laugh** | past | Mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Your brother | | | the living room | | love *vocative* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | the check | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **ring** | infinitive | | the number | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme | | 10 | **know** | present | you | the number *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 11 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | in the next room | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in room=Theme | 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:451-the-check-that-settles-it.lesson:16`. **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: [The check that settles it, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/15/) - next →: [The check that settles it, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/17/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/)