--- title: A tablet doesn't know where your headache is: it is swallowed, soaks… — How medicines work · tree and pragmatics description: A tablet doesn't know where your headache is: it is swallowed, soaks through the gut into the blood, and travels all round the body, acting only on the parts it fits, like a key in a lock. Who acts: tablet, headache. 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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 (tablet, headache), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:017-how-medicines-work.lesson:0 # text = A tablet doesn't know where your headache is: it is swallowed, soaks through the gut into the blood, and travels all round the body, acting only on the parts it fits, like a key in a lock. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 017-how-medicines-work.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 ccomp _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 soaks soak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 gut gut NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:parataxis 31 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | a tablet | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | your headache | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swallow** | present · passive | | headache | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **soak** | present | | | | the gut | | into the blood | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **travel** | present | a tablet *not said here* | | | the body | | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round body=Trajectory | | 6 | **act** | gerund | a tablet *not said here* | | | the parts | | like a key in a lock | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on part=Eventuality | | 7 | **fit** | present | headache | the parts *not said here* | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | 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:017-how-medicines-work.lesson:0`. **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): 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/). - ← previous: [A classmate with diabetes, and other l…, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/17/) - next →: [How medicines work, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/)