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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 (nouns, some, maths), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:002-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas.lesson:16 # text = Some nouns end in s but take a singular verb, like "the news is" and "maths is"; some are always plural, like trousers, scissors and glasses, because they have two parts. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 002-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 nouns noun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:obl 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:nmod 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=27:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 always always ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:parataxis 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present | some nouns | | | s | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | present | some nouns *not said here* | a singular verb | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verb=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | maths | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | some | | | | | like trousers and scissors and glasses; always, plural *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | maths *= math* | two parts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | 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:002-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas.lesson:16`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, 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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