--- title: Conjunctions are joining words: and adds, but shows a contrast, or g… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that… · tree and pragmatics description: Conjunctions are joining words: and adds, but shows a contrast, or gives a choice, so shows a result and because gives a reason. Who acts: Conjunctions. 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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 (Conjunctions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:006-prepositions-and-conjunctions.lesson:1 # text = Conjunctions are joining words: and adds, but shows a contrast, or gives a choice, so shows a result and because gives a reason. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 006-prepositions-and-conjunctions.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): R3-conj-first ×1 1 Conjunctions conjunction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 joining join VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 contrast contrast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=10:conj 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | present · progressive | Conjunctions | words | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **show** | present | | a contrast | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent contrast=Recipient | | 4 | **give** | present | | a choice | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme | | 5 | **show** | present | | a result | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent result=Recipient | | 6 | **give** | present | | a reason | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=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:006-prepositions-and-conjunctions.lesson:1`. **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): R3-conj-first ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Prepositions and conjunctions: little…, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/0/) - next →: [Prepositions and conjunctions: little…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/)