--- title: A conjunction joins words or parts of sentences: and adds, but contr… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that… · tree and pragmatics description: A conjunction joins words or parts of sentences: and adds, but contrasts, or gives a choice, so shows a result, because gives a reason. Who acts: conjunction. 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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 (conjunction), 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:6 # text = A conjunction joins words or parts of sentences: and adds, but contrasts, or gives a choice, so shows a result, 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): R5-strong ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 conjunction conjunction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 joins join VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 contrasts contrast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:conj 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 . . 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 | a conjunction | words or parts of sentences | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | a conjunction *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **contrast** | present | a conjunction *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **give** | present | a conjunction *not said here* | a choice | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme | | 5 | **show** | present | a conjunction *not said here* | a result | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent result=Recipient | | 6 | **give** | present | a conjunction *not said here* | 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:6`. **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 ×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…, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/5/) - next →: [Prepositions and conjunctions: little…, 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/7/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/)