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title: In writing, start with the ones and carry the tens: 6 × 4 = 24, writ… — Multiplying by a one-digit number · tree and pragmatics
description: In writing, start with the ones and carry the tens: 6 × 4 = 24, write 4 and carry 2; 3 × 4 = 12, and 12 + 2 = 14, write 4 and carry 1; 1 × 4 = 4, and 4 + 1 = 5. Who acts: you. A sentence of the lesson «Multiplying by a one-digit number» of the lessons course of Mova's primary school with its depende
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# Multiplying by a one-digit number, sentence 1

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In writing, start with the ones and carry the tens: 6 × 4 = 24, write 4 and carry 2; 3 × 4 = 12, and 12 + 2 = 14, write 4 and carry 1; 1 × 4 = 4, and 4 + 1 = 5.

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** start, carry, write · **To what, where:** writing, tens, 4, 2, 1

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Multiplying by a one-digit number» of the lessons course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:lessons:142-multiply-by-one-digit.lesson:1
# text = In writing, start with the ones and carry the tens: 6 × 4 = 24, write 4 and carry 2; 3 × 4 = 12, and 12 + 2 = 14, write 4 and carry 1; 1 × 4 = 4, and 4 + 1 = 5.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = lessons
# lesson = 142-multiply-by-one-digit.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): no change
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	_
16	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	17	case	_	_
17	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
20	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
23	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	obj	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
25	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
27	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	flat	_	_
28	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	29	case	_	_
29	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nmod	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	compound	_	_
33	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	34	cc	_	_
34	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	32	conj	_	_
35	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	36	case	_	_
36	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	punct	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
39	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	obj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
42	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	41	obj	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
44	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
46	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	45	flat	_	_
47	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	48	case	_	_
48	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	46	nmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
51	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	nsubj	_	_
52	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	51	nmod	_	_
54	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	xcomp	_	_
55	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	flat	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=imp, act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | writing |  | with the ones | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with one=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **carry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the tens |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Theme |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 4 |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4=Theme |
| 4 | **carry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 2 |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Theme |
| 5 | **write** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 4 |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4=Theme |
| 6 | **carry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | 1 |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1=Theme |

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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.

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**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): no change. **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/).

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