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description: To divide a big number by a one-digit number, divide the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones: 576 ÷ 4: 5 hundreds ÷ 4 = 1 hundred, 1 hundred left; 17 tens ÷ 4 = 4 tens, 1 ten left; 16 ones ÷ 4 = 4. Who acts: you. A sentence of the lesson «Dividing by a one-digit number: how many can be bought» of
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# Dividing by a one-digit number: how many can be bought, sentence 1

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To divide a big number by a one-digit number, divide the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones: 576 ÷ 4: 5 hundreds ÷ 4 = 1 hundred, 1 hundred left; 17 tens ÷ 4 = 4 tens, 1 ten left; 16 ones ÷ 4 = 4.

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** divide, leave · **To what, where:** big number, hundreds

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Dividing by a one-digit number: how many can be bought» 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:143-how-many-can-be-bought.lesson:1
# text = To divide a big number by a one-digit number, divide the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones: 576 ÷ 4: 5 hundreds ÷ 4 = 1 hundred, 1 hundred left; 17 tens ÷ 4 = 4 tens, 1 ten left; 16 ones ÷ 4 = 4.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = lessons
# lesson = 143-how-many-can-be-bought.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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	divide	divide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=0:root
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	_
10	digit	digit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	divide	divide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:conj
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
25	576	576	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	nmod	_	_
26	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	25	nmod:unmarked	_	_
27	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	flat	_	_
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
29	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	appos	_	_
31	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:nmod
33	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	35	punct	_	_
34	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	35	compound	_	_
35	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	conj	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	compound	_	_
38	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	nmod	_	_
39	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	42	nummod	_	_
42	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
43	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	47	punct	_	_
46	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
47	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	42	appos	_	_
50	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	flat	_	_
51	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
52	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	nummod	_	_
54	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	appos	_	_
55	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	_	56	advmod	_	_
56	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	appos	_	_
57	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	58	punct	_	_
58	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	56	nmod	_	_
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a big number |  |  |  | by a digit number | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent number=Theme by number=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **divide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hundreds and the tens |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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): R5-strong ×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.

See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/).

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