--- title: The number 9 driver says «Mornin', trouble» to Jake, and one bad day… — Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shop… · tree and pragmatics description: The number 9 driver says «Mornin', trouble» to Jake, and one bad day, when Jake is crying, waits an extra minute: «You alright, son?» Jake says he's fine. Who acts: number driver, Jake, 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 (number driver, Jake, You), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper.lesson:23 # text = The number 9 driver says «Mornin', trouble» to Jake, and one bad day, when Jake is crying, waits an extra minute: «You alright, son?» Jake says he's fine. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper.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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ 4 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=5:punct 7 Mornin morning INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 8 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 29 « « PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 30 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 alright alright VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 vocative _ _ 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 35 » » PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the number driver | trouble | Jake | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent trouble=Topic to jake=Recipient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | Jake | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wait** | present | the number driver *not said here* | | | | minute | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **alright** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | son *vocative* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Jake | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** | present | Jake | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | 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:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper.lesson:23`. **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): R6-punct-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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