--- title: Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus; spots become bli… — Spots and itches: chickenpox, head lice and frie… · tree and pragmatics description: Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus; spots become blisters and crust over in about a week, and children stay home until all spots have crusted; it is usually mild, but some children get very ill with it. Who acts: zoster virus, spots, children, Chickenpox. 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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 (zoster virus, spots, children, Chickenpox), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:011-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends.lesson:5 # text = Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus; spots become blisters and crust over in about a week, and children stay home until all spots have crusted; it is usually mild, but some children get very ill with it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 011-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends.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, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 Chickenpox chickenpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 varicella varicella NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:compound 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 zoster zoster NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 virus virus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 13 blisters blister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:obj 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 crust crust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 over over ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 crusted crust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 usually usually ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 . . 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 | **cause** | present · passive | the zoster virus | Chickenpox | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient | | 2 | **become** | present | spots | blisters | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **crust over** | present | spots *not said here* | | | | week | over *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **stay** | present | children | | | | | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **crust** | present · perfect · passive | | all spots | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | Chickenpox | | | | | mild, usually *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | present | some children | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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:medicine:011-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends.lesson:5`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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