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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 (Leo, nobody, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:044-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole.lesson:1 # text = When Leo bursts in after school shouting «Mum I'm STARVING, I haven't eaten in like a hundred years», nobody counts a hundred years: he had lunch at twelve, and he simply means «I'm really hungry». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 044-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole.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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×5 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bursts burst VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:compound:prt|HaikuPos=ADP:RP:_ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=7:punct 9 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 vocative _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:cop 12 STARVING starve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:parataxis|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=12:punct 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:det 21 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=7:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 26 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:conj 33 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 simply simply ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 41 « « PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 really really ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:conj 46 » » PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst in** | present | Leo | | | | after school | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | Leo *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **starve** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Leo | | | | | Mum *vocative* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Leo | | | | year | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **count** | present | nobody | | | | year | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | past | Leo | lunch | | twelve | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient | | 7 | **mean** | present | Leo | | | | | simply *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | 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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