--- title: The swap test catches most traps: if you can say "they are", write t… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends · tree and pragmatics description: The swap test catches most traps: if you can say "they are", write they're; if you can say "you are", write you're; if you can say "it is" or "it has", write it's; otherwise it is their, your or its. Who acts: swap test, you, test. 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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 (swap test, you, test), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:012-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre.lesson:1 # text = The swap test catches most traps: if you can say "they are", write they're; if you can say "you are", write you're; if you can say "it is" or "it has", write it's; otherwise it is their, your or its. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 012-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre.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 ×7, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:det 2 swap swap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:nsubj 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:cop 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=11:punct 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:nsubj 27 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 30 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:obj 32 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:advcl 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:parataxis 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=48:nsubj 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=48:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=45:punct 48 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 52 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=59:nmod:poss 58 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | the swap test | most traps | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **write** | infinitive | you *not said here* | test | | | | otherwise *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent its=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** | present | | | | | | write *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | present | test | traps *= trap* | | | | | tree rules | 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:language:012-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre.lesson:1`. **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 ×7, R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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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