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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 (Tradition, archaeologists, writing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:051-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties.lesson:10 # text = Tradition names the Xia as the first dynasty (a family of rulers, one after another), about 2070–1600 BC; some archaeologists link it to the Erlitou site, but no Xia writing has been found, so whether it was real is still debated. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 051-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties.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): R1-cc-next ×1 1 Tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 names name VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Xia Xia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 conj _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 15 nmod _ _ 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 2070 2070 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 22 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 23 case _ _ 23 1600 1600 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nmod _ _ 24 BC BC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:unmarked _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 archaeologists archaeologist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 link link VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Erlitou Erlitou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=28:cc 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 37 Xia Xia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 44 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 csubj:pass _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 debated debate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | present | Tradition | the Xia | | | | as the first dynasty; about 2070 – 1600 BC | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent xia=Theme as dynasty=Attribute | | 2 | **link** | present | some archaeologists | ruler | | | | to the Erlitou site | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to site=Co-Patient | | 3 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | no Xia writing | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | writing | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **debate** | present · passive | | | | | still | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V» | 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:history:051-china-five-thousand-years-the-oldest-dynasties.lesson:10`. **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): R1-cc-next ×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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