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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 (Thailand, European power, capital), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:geography:011-east-south-and-south-east-asia.lesson:12 # text = Thailand, with its capital Bangkok, is the only country in South-East Asia that was never colonised by a European power: it lay between British lands to the west and French lands to the east and kept its freedom by clever diplomacy (careful talks and deals). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = geography # lesson = 011-east-south-and-south-east-asia.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 ×4 1 Thailand Thailand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:nmod:poss 5 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Bangkok Bangkok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 15 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:conj 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 colonised colonise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:det 33 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 diplomacy diplomacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ _ 48 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 talks talk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 appos _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 deals deal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 52 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Thailand | the only country | | South | | East Asia *nmod* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **colonise** | past · passive | a European power | the only country | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** | past | capital | | | British lands the west to lands to the east | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between land=Location | | 4 | **keep** | past | capital *not said here* | capital's freedom | | | | by clever diplomacy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme by diplomacy=Location | 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:geography:011-east-south-and-south-east-asia.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 ×4. **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: [East, South and South-East Asia: count…, 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/10/) - next →: [East, South and South-East Asia: count…, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/13/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/)