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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 (dad, We, lover, friendly Country way), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it.lesson:12 # text = Rosie's dad in Bristol says, «We can't afford it, my lover» («my lover» is a friendly West Country way of saying dear), and Rosie yells, «We can NEVER afford anything!» and slams the door. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it.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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Rosie Rosie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Bristol Bristol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:advcl 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=21:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=28:compound 27 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=28:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 31 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:xcomp 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=31:punct 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 Rosie Rosie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 yells yell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 « « SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 NEVER never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:parataxis 43 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=36:punct 45 » » PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=47:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 slams slam VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rosie's dad in Bristol | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **afford** *in a quote* | can | We | bank | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | my lover | a friendly Country way | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a friendly Country way *not said here* | dear | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dear=Topic | | 5 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Rosie | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **afford** *in a quote* | can | We | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **slam** | present | Rosie *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | 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:488-the-electric-meter-the-food-bank-and-we-cant-afford-it.lesson:12`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×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. 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