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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 (parody), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:041-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense.lesson:11 # text = A parody copies the shape and rhythm of a well-known poem or song but changes the words to make it funny. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 041-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense.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 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parody parody NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 copies copy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rhythm rhythm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:nmod 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:advcl 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | present | a parody | the shape of a known poem or song and rhythm | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | | 2 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **change** | present | a parody *not said here* | the words | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | a parody *not said here* | word | | | | funny *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=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:041-alice-s-word-games-puns-parodies-and-nonsense.lesson:11`. **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. **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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