--- title: Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don'… — The row over a game · tree and pragmatics description: Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don't speak for a week, until Kieran's little sister says, «You both touched it at the same time, you eejits.» Lily and Maddie shout about whether tig-backs (tagging straight back the person who tagged you) are allowed, while the other --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / [The row over a game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/) / 22 # The row over a game, sentence 22 Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don't speak for a week, until Kieran's little sister says, «You both touched it at the same time, you eejits.» Lily and Maddie shout about whether tig-backs (tagging straight back the person who tagged you) are allowed, while the other kids wander off to play football. **Who acts:** Jake, rows, little sister, You, Lily, tig backs · **What happens:** swear, touch, not speak, say, eejit, shout · **To what, where:** lamppost, person, you, tig backs, football · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «The row over a game» 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 (Jake, rows, little sister, You), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:475-the-row-over-a-game.lesson:22 # text = Jake and Kieran each swear they touched the lamppost first, and don't speak for a week, until Kieran's little sister says, «You both touched it at the same time, you eejits.» Lily and Maddie shout about whether tig-backs (tagging straight back the person who tagged you) are allowed, while the other kids wander off to play football. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 475-the-row-over-a-game.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lamppost lamppost NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:aux|HaikuPos=AUX:VB:VerbForm=Inf 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:conj 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 until until SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 « « PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 28 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 30 advmod _ _ 30 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:conj 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 eejits eejit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 40 » » PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=41:cc 43 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 45 about about SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 46 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 47 tig tig NOUN NN _ 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ _ 49 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 51 tagging tag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 52 straight straight ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 back back ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=53:nsubj 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 tagged tag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 60 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=44:acl:relcl 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 while while SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nsubj _ _ 67 wander wander VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 68 off off ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=67:xcomp 71 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 . . 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 | **swear** | present | Jake and Kieran | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | past | rows *= row* | the lamppost | | | | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lamppost=Co-Theme | | 3 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Jake and Kieran *not said here* | | | | week | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kieran's little sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **touch** *in a quote* | past | You | lamppost | | | time | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 6 | **eejit** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Lily and Maddie | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tag** | gerund | tig backs *not said here* | | the person | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent person=Destination | | 9 | **tag** | past | the person | | you | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Destination | | 10 | **allow** | present · passive | | tig backs | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 11 | **wander off** | present | the other kids | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **play** | to-infinitive | the other kids *not said here* | football | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=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:475-the-row-over-a-game.lesson:22`. **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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The row over a game, 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/21/) - next →: [The row over a game, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/23/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/475-the-row-over-a-game/)