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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 (new law, car, drivers, driving test), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:083-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns.lesson:12 # text = From 1904 a new law in Britain set a speed limit of 20 miles an hour, made every car carry a number plate and made drivers get a licence, though there was no driving test until 1935. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 083-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1904 1904 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 limit limit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=18:conj 27 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 licence licence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 36 driving driving NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:VerbForm=Ger 37 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 38 until until ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 1935 1935 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **set** | past | a new law in Britain | a speed limit of 20 miles a hour | | 1904 | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient limit=Result | | 2 | **make** | past | a new law in Britain *not said here* | every car | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | infinitive | every car *not said here* | a number plate | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | a new law in Britain *not said here* | drivers | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | infinitive | drivers *not said here* | a licence | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer licence=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** | past | no driving test | | | there | until 1935 | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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:083-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-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. 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