--- title: A root is the main part of a word, a prefix is added to the start an… — Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds · tree and pragmatics description: A root is the main part of a word, a prefix is added to the start and a suffix to the end: "un" + "happy" + "ness" makes "unhappiness". Who acts: root, un. 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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 (root, un), 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:5 # text = A root is the main part of a word, a prefix is added to the start and a suffix to the end: "un" + "happy" + "ness" makes "unhappiness". # 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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prefix prefix NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 suffix suffix NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 un un NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=28:obl 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 + + SYM SYM _ 32 cc _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 30 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=32:amod 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=32:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 32 + + SYM SYM _ 34 cc _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:case 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=32:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 34 ness ness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ _ 38 unhappiness unhappiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a root | the main part | | | | of a word | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | a prefix | | | | to the start and a suffix to the end | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to start=Co-Patient | | 3 | **make** | present | un | ness | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset unhappiness=Product | 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:037-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds.lesson:5`. **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 ×3, 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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