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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 (strategy game, real city, map, last lesson), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:080-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls.lesson:0 # text = A strategy game is like a map of the London Underground: brilliantly useful, but the real city has bends, hills and millions of people the map leaves out; this last lesson of the block checks what Civilization-style games and Europa Universalis get right and what they squash flat. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 080-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls.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 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strategy strategy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Underground Underground PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 brilliantly brilliantly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 bends bend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 checks check VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 44 det _ _ 41 Civilization civilization NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 43 style style NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 47 Universalis Universalis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ _ 48 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 49 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=51:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 squash squash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 flat flat ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **is** | present | a strategy game | | | | | like a map; of the London Underground | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the real city | bends and hills and millions of people | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Patient | | 3 | **leave out** | present | the map | people *not said here* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 4 | **check** | present | this last lesson of the block | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | present | what style games and Europa | | | | | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 6 | **squash** | present | bends *= bend* | | | | | flat *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | 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:080-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls.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): R5-strong ×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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