--- title: Knowing the parts lets you crack new words like a code, but not ever… — Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds · tree and pragmatics description: Knowing the parts lets you crack new words like a code, but not every combination is a real word, so check new ones in a dictionary. Who acts: Knowing, you, combination. 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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 (Knowing, you, combination), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:037-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds.lesson:4 # text = Knowing the parts lets you crack new words like a code, but not every combination is a real word, so check new ones in a dictionary. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 037-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds.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, R6-punct-agree ×2 1 Knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:nsubj 4 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 code code NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=16:punct 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 combination combination NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dictionary dictionary NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | | the parts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus | | 2 | **let** | present | Knowing | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **crack** | infinitive | you | new words | | | | like a code | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location word=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | every combination | a real word | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **check** | infinitive | | new ones | | a dictionary | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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. 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