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title: At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew,… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew, why are you following me?» «Bestie, you look sooo good today,» she tells Chloe one morning — then to the others, «Lol did you see her shoes, they're giving charity shop.» Chloe's real friend Aisha hears it and tells her. Who acts: s
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# Nice alone, mean in a group, sentence 1

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At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew, why are you following me?» «Bestie, you look sooo good today,» she tells Chloe one morning — then to the others, «Lol did you see her shoes, they're giving charity shop.» Chloe's real friend Aisha hears it and tells her.

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**Who acts:** same Bella, you, Bella, shoes, real friend · **What happens:** say, follow, look, tell, see, give · **To what, where:** school, same Bella, others, shoes, charity shop, shop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Nice alone, mean in a group» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same Bella, you, Bella, shoes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group.lesson:1
# text = At school, in front of the popular girls, the same Bella says, «Ew, why are you following me?» «Bestie, you look sooo good today,» she tells Chloe one morning — then to the others, «Lol did you see her shoes, they're giving charity shop.» Chloe's real friend Aisha hears it and tells her.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = everyday
# lesson = 468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group.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
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Ew	ew	INTJ	UH	Number=Sing	22	discourse	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	ccomp	_	_
23	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
26	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	_
27	Bestie	Bestie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	vocative	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
31	sooo	so	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	xcomp	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=33:amod
33	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl:unmarked	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
38	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
39	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	flat	_	_
40	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl:unmarked	_	_
41	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	45	advmod	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
47	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
48	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	51	discourse	_	_
49	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
52	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obj	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
58	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	_
61	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	67	punct	_	_
62	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod:poss	_	_
63	's	's	PART	POS	_	62	case	_	_
64	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
66	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	appos	_	_
67	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	obj	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	conj	_	_
71	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	iobj	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | the same Bella |  |  | school in front of the popular girls |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | the same Bella *= bella* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | today | Bestie *vocative*; good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Bella |  | the others |  | morning |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient |
| 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Bella's shoes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus |
| 6 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | shoes *= shoe* | charity shop |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |
| 7 | **hear** | present | Chloe's real friend | shop |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Chloe's real friend *not said here* |  | friend |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

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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.

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**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. **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/).

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