--- title: A strain means some fibres in a muscle have been overstretched or to… — Sprains, strains and bruises · tree and pragmatics description: A strain means some fibres in a muscle have been overstretched or torn; most strains heal in one to three weeks; rest it first, then move it gently, but do not stretch it hard. Who acts: strain, most strains. 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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 (strain, most strains), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:003-sprains-strains-and-bruises.lesson:6 # text = A strain means some fibres in a muscle have been overstretched or torn; most strains heal in one to three weeks; rest it first, then move it gently, but do not stretch it hard. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 003-sprains-strains-and-bruises.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strain strain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 fibres fibre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 overstretched overstretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 strains strain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nmod _ _ 22 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 gently gently ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=36:aux|HaikuPos=AUX:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **mean** | present | a strain | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **overstretch** | present · perfect · passive | | some fibres in a muscle | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **heal** | infinitive | most strains | | | | week | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **rest** | infinitive | most strains *not said here* | strain | | | | first *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **move** | infinitive | most strains *not said here* | strain | | | then | gently *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **not** **stretch** | infinitive · do-support | a strain *not said here* | strain | | | | hard *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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:003-sprains-strains-and-bruises.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): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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: [Sprains, strains and bruises, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/4/) - next →: [Sprains, strains and bruises, 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/7/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/)