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title: Whenever the teacher asks a question, Mia whispers her answer to her… — The copier and the one who competes at everything · tree and pragmatics
description: Whenever the teacher asks a question, Mia whispers her answer to herself and Zoe, next to her, shouts it first: «Photosynthesis!» Zoe gets the house point every time — until Mia starts writing her answers down and putting her hand straight up, and the teacher starts saying, «Zoe, your own answer, pl
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# The copier and the one who competes at everything, sentence 16

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Whenever the teacher asks a question, Mia whispers her answer to herself and Zoe, next to her, shouts it first: «Photosynthesis!» Zoe gets the house point every time — until Mia starts writing her answers down and putting her hand straight up, and the teacher starts saying, «Zoe, your own answer, please.» Sam shows Kofi a sneaky chess trap; a week later Kofi tells the club, «I literally invented this, it's called the Kofi.» Sam laughs: «Bruh, I showed you that last Thursday.» Kofi goes red, and the club calls it «the Sam-Kofi» from then on.

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**Who acts:** teacher, Mia, Zoe, Sam, Kofi, club · **What happens:** ask, whisper, shout, get, start, write down · **To what, where:** question, answer, Mia, house point, answers, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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 (teacher, Mia, Zoe, Sam), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:everyday:469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything.lesson:16
# text = Whenever the teacher asks a question, Mia whispers her answer to herself and Zoe, next to her, shouts it first: «Photosynthesis!» Zoe gets the house point every time — until Mia starts writing her answers down and putting her hand straight up, and the teacher starts saying, «Zoe, your own answer, please.» Sam shows Kofi a sneaky chess trap; a week later Kofi tells the club, «I literally invented this, it's called the Kofi.» Sam laughs: «Bruh, I showed you that last Thursday.» Kofi goes red, and the club calls it «the Sam-Kofi» from then on.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = everyday
# lesson = 469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×4, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×7, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:compound
9	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	next	next	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	advmod	_	_
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
25	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Photosynthesis	photosynthesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:conj
27	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=4:punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
29	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
35	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl:unmarked	_	_
36	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	until	until	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:obl
39	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:parataxis
40	writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:ccomp
41	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
43	down	down	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	conj	_	_
46	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	up	up	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
54	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
55	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	54	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=54:advcl
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	55	punct	_	_
58	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=62:punct
60	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
61	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
64	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	30	discourse	_	_
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
66	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
67	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
68	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
69	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	iobj	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
71	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
72	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	compound	_	_
73	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
74	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl:unmarked	_	_
77	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	79	advmod	_	_
78	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
79	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obj	_	_
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
83	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	86	punct	_	_
84	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	86	nsubj	_	_
85	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	86	advmod	_	_
86	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
87	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	86	obj	_	_
88	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	91	punct	_	_
89	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	nsubj:pass	_	_
90	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	91	aux:pass	_	_
91	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	conj	_	_
92	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	93	det	_	_
93	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	91	xcomp	_	_
94	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
95	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
96	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	97	nsubj	_	_
97	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
98	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
99	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	100	punct	_	_
100	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	103	discourse	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:discourse
101	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	103	punct	_	_
102	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	103	nsubj	_	_
103	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
104	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	103	iobj	_	_
105	that	that	DET	DT	PronType=Dem	107	det	_	_
106	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	107	amod	_	_
107	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	103	obl:unmarked	_	_
108	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
109	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	111	punct	_	_
110	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	111	nsubj	_	_
111	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	parataxis	_	_
112	red	red	ADV	RB	_	111	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=111:advmod
113	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	117	punct	_	Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=111:punct
114	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	117	cc	_	_
115	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	116	det	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=117:det
116	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	117	nsubj	_	_
117	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	111	conj	_	_
118	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	117	obj	_	_
119	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	123	punct	_	_
120	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	123	det	_	_
121	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	123	compound	_	_
122	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	123	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=121:punct
123	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	117	xcomp	_	_
124	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	123	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=123:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_
125	from	from	ADP	IN	_	126	case	_	_
126	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	127	obl	_	_
127	on	on	ADV	RB	_	117	advmod	_	_
128	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the teacher | a question |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | Mia's answer and Zoe | Mia |  |  | to teacher | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent answer=Topic to herself=Recipient |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Mia *not said here* | question |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | present | Zoe | the house point |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **start** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **write down** | gerund | Mia *not said here* | teacher's answers |  |  |  | down *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 7 | **put** | gerund | Mia *not said here* | teacher's hand |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal |
| 8 | **start** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the teacher *not said here* | Zoe |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zoe=Topic |
| 10 | **show** | present | Sam | a sneaky chess trap | Kofi |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kofi=Recipient trap=Topic |
| 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Kofi | the club |  |  |  | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent club=Recipient |
| 12 | **invent** *in a quote* | past | Kofi | this |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Result |
| 13 | **call** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | club |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 14 | **laugh** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 15 | **show** *in a quote* | past | Sam |  | you |  | thursday |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 16 | **go** | present | Kofi |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 17 | **call** | present | the club | trap |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 18 | **answer** |  | Mia |  |  |  |  | to teacher | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
| 19 | **answer** |  | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 20 | **answer** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×4, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×7, 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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