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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 (Nan, 40 relatives, Uncle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains.lesson:0 # text = In Newcastle, Nan turns 70 and there are 40 relatives, a DJ, a buffet with sausage rolls stacked like bricks, and Uncle Gaz doing the Macarena in a shirt two sizes too small. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 relatives relative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=9:punct 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 DJ dj NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 buffet buffet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 rolls roll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 stacked stack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 27 Gaz Gaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 28 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Macarena macarena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=28:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 sizes size NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 36 too too ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 acl:relcl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=14:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | Nan | 70 | | | | in Newcastle | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent 70=Patient in newcastle=Topic | | 2 | **does** | present | 40 relatives and a DJ and Uncle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stack** | participle | | sausage rolls *not said here* | | | | like bricks | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | gerund | Uncle *not said here* | the Macarena | | a shirt | | | 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:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains.lesson:0`. **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 ×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: [Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a…, 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/34/) - next →: [Family parties, aunts and uncles, and…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/)