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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 (Kipling, words), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:042-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo.lesson:0 # text = Kipling wrote the «Just So Stories» to be read aloud, the way he first told them to his own children at bedtime, so the words are made to be heard: they repeat, they rhyme, they bump together and they play tricks. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 042-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×2 1 Kipling Kipling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:det 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Just Just PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 6 So So PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 7 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 12 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:obl 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 advmod _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bedtime bedtime NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 repeat repeat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=37:punct 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rhyme rhyme VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 bump bump VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | Kipling | the Just So Stories | | | | the way *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 2 | **read** | to-infinitive · passive | Kipling *not said here* | | | | | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Kipling | the way *not said here* | Stories *= story* | bedtime | | to Kipling's own children; first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to child=Recipient | | 4 | **make** | present · passive | | the words | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | the words *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» | | 6 | **repeat** | present | words *= word* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **rhyme** | present | words *= word* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **bump** | present | words *= word* | | | | | together *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **play** | present | words *= word* | tricks | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:language:042-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo.lesson:0`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, 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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