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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 (Kai, flags, beach, rip currents), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:071-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries.lesson:0 # text = Kai, 10, on a Cornwall beach paddles out past the red-and-yellow flags: «Them flags are for babies, our kid»; two minutes later the beach looks small, because outside the flags is where rip currents often run, strong channels of water flowing out to sea, and no lifeguard is watching that water. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 071-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries.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, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Cornwall Cornwall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 8 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 paddles paddle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 past past ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 17 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 18 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 « « PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 21 Them they DET DT PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 22 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 » » PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl:unmarked _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:obl:unmarked 33 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj 37 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 40 outside outside ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 45 rip rip ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 currents current NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 often often ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=48:punct 50 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 channels channel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 acl _ _ 55 out out ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=54:compound:prt|HaikuPos=ADP:RP:_ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 parataxis _ _ 64 that that DET DT PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paddle out** | present | Kai | | | a Cornwall beach | | past the red flags; out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past flag=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | flags | | | | | for babies | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | present | the beach | | | | | late, small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | rip currents | | | | | outside the flags; often, run *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **flow out** | gerund | strong channels of water *not said here* | | | | | to sea; out *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **watch** | present · progressive | no lifeguard | that water | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **channel** | | | water | | | | | nom channel «communication transitive»: of=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:071-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries.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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, 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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