--- title: Connor tries the opposite way: he barges into a game he isn't in, gr… — Joining a game, and the shy kid · tree and pragmatics description: Connor tries the opposite way: he barges into a game he isn't in, grabs the ball and shouts, «Oi, YOU, mark him, you're rubbish!» «Who even are you?» they say, and tell him to get lost. Who acts: Connor, you, boys. 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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 (Connor, you, boys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid.lesson:8 # text = Connor tries the opposite way: he barges into a game he isn't in, grabs the ball and shouts, «Oi, YOU, mark him, you're rubbish!» «Who even are you?» they say, and tell him to get lost. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Connor Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 barges barge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADV RB _ 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 grabs grab VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:conj 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 « « PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Oi Oi INTJ UH _ 26 vocative _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 26 YOU you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 mark mark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:obl 34 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 35 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 36 « « PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 37 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 parataxis _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 42 » » PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=44:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=50:mark 50 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 xcomp _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present | Connor | the opposite way | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus way=Experiencer you=Result | | 2 | **barge** | present | Connor | the opposite way *not said here* | | a game | | | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | Connor | a game *not said here* | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grab** | present | Connor *not said here* | the ball | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | | 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Connor *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mark** *in a quote* | infinitive | Connor *not said here* | Connor | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | rubbish | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | Connor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **get** *not said to happen* | infinitive | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **lose** | participle | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:466-joining-a-game-and-the-shy-kid.lesson:8`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×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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