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title: Freya in Newcastle clashes heads going for a header and wobbles: «Ho… — A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Freya in Newcastle clashes heads going for a header and wobbles: «Howay, I'm fine man, let's gan» («howay» and «gan» are Geordie for come on and go), but the coach takes her off anyway, because the rule in UK grassroots sport is «if in doubt, sit them out». Who acts: Freya, I, 's, Geordie. A sentenc
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# A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out, sentence 1

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Freya in Newcastle clashes heads going for a header and wobbles: «Howay, I'm fine man, let's gan» («howay» and «gan» are Geordie for come on and go), but the coach takes her off anyway, because the rule in UK grassroots sport is «if in doubt, sit them out».

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**Who acts:** Freya, I, 's, Geordie, coach, rule · **What happens:** clash, go, wobble, be, let, gan · **To what, where:** heads, fine man, 's, Geordie, Freya, doubt

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This is a sentence of the lesson «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» of the medicine 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 (Freya, I, 's, Geordie), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:medicine:047-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out.lesson:1
# text = Freya in Newcastle clashes heads going for a header and wobbles: «Howay, I'm fine man, let's gan» («howay» and «gan» are Geordie for come on and go), but the coach takes her off anyway, because the rule in UK grassroots sport is «if in doubt, sit them out».
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = medicine
# lesson = 047-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	clashes	clash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:acl
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	header	header	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wobbles	wobble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
22	's	us	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	gan	gan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
25	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	_
26	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
27	howay	howay	ADV	RB	_	34	nsubj	_	_
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=27:cc
30	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	_
31	gan	gan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
32	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
33	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	Geordie	geordie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
35	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl	_	_
37	on	on	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
40	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	39	punct	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	off	off	ADP	RP	_	45	compound:prt	_	_
48	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
50	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	_
55	grassroots	grassroots	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=56:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur
56	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
57	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
58	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	63	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=57:punct
59	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
63	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	advcl	_	_
64	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	out	out	ADP	RP	_	63	compound:prt	_	_
66	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	63	punct	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **clash** | present | Freya in Newcastle | heads |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | Freya in Newcastle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a header | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for header=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **wobble** | present | Freya in Newcastle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | fine man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Freya in Newcastle *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **gan** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** | present |  | Geordie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **come on** | infinitive | Geordie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **go** | infinitive | Geordie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **take off** | present | the coach | Freya |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the rule in UK grassroots sport |  |  | doubt |  | sit *property* | tree rules |

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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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-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.

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