--- title: People use the biggest words they know for everyday feelings: «I'm D… — Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hy… · tree and pragmatics description: People use the biggest words they know for everyday feelings: «I'm DEAD», «the queue's a mile long», «EVERYONE's got them», «I'll KILL you», «I'm melting», «I could eat a horse». Who acts: People, I, EVERYONE. 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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 (People, I, EVERYONE), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:045-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole.lesson:0 # text = People use the biggest words they know for everyday feelings: «I'm DEAD», «the queue's a mile long», «EVERYONE's got them», «I'll KILL you», «I'm melting», «I could eat a horse». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 045-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-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): R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 everyday everyday ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 DEAD dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 « « PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 queue queue NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 24 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=23:punct 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 « « PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 28 EVERYONE everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 nsubj _ _ 29 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 » » PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 « « PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 KILL kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 » » PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 « « PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 melting melt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 » » PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 « « PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=44:conj 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 » » PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 54 . . 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 | **use** | present | People | the biggest words | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent word=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **know** | present | People | the biggest words *not said here* | | | | for everyday feelings | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a mile | | | | the queue *obl*; long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | EVERYONE | People | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | I | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **melt** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | could | I | a horse | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | 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:045-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole.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): R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1. **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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