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title: But there was no world contest that crowned Ukrainian «the most melo… — Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations · tree and pragmatics
description: But there was no world contest that crowned Ukrainian «the most melodious language», the kerosene lamp was made in Lviv by a Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs exist in many cultures, and Ukraine has won Eurovision three times, not «always». Who acts: world contest, Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs,
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# Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations, sentence 2

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But there was no world contest that crowned Ukrainian «the most melodious language», the kerosene lamp was made in Lviv by a Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs exist in many cultures, and Ukraine has won Eurovision three times, not «always».

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**Who acts:** world contest, Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs, Ukraine · **What happens:** be, crown, make, decorate, exist, win · **To what, where:** Ukrainian, kerosene lamp, Lviv, many cultures, Eurovision

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations» of the history 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 (world contest, Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs, Ukraine), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:history:050-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations.lesson:2
# text = But there was no world contest that crowned Ukrainian «the most melodious language», the kerosene lamp was made in Lviv by a Polish pharmacist, decorated eggs exist in many cultures, and Ukraine has won Eurovision three times, not «always».
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = history
# lesson = 050-todays-ukraine-and-danylos-exaggerations.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 ×3
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	crowned	crown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	melodious	melodious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	kerosene	kerosene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Lviv	Lviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Polish	polish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=27:punct
29	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	_
31	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	cultures	culture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
38	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	conj	_	_
40	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
41	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	nummod	_	_
42	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl:unmarked	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=39:punct
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	46	advmod	_	_
45	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	_
46	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	39	advmod	_	_
47	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	46	punct	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no world contest |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** | past | no world contest | Ukrainian |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukrainian=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive | a Polish pharmacist | the kerosene lamp |  | Lviv |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
| 4 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **exist** | present | decorated eggs |  |  | many cultures |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in culture=Location |
| 6 | **win** | present · perfect | Ukraine | Eurovision |  |  | time | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eurovision=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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 ×3. **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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