--- title: A middle ear infection fills the space behind the eardrum with fluid… — Sore throats, ears and eyes · tree and pragmatics description: A middle ear infection fills the space behind the eardrum with fluid; most get better on their own in about three days, so painkillers are the main treatment; putting oil or anything else in the ear does not cure it. Who acts: middle ear infection, most, painkillers, putting. 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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 (middle ear infection, most, painkillers, putting), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:009-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes.lesson:7 # text = A middle ear infection fills the space behind the eardrum with fluid; most get better on their own in about three days, so painkillers are the main treatment; putting oil or anything else in the ear does not cure it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 009-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes.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 ×3 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 infection infection NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eardrum eardrum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fluid fluid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 most most PRON JJS _ 15 nsubj _ _ 15 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 16 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 26 painkillers painkiller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 csubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=42:nsubj 33 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 conj _ _ 36 else else ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present | a middle ear infection | the space | | the eardrum | | with fluid | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent space=Patient with fluid=Instrument | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | most | | | | day | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | painkillers | the main treatment | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | gerund | | oil | | the ear | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oil=Theme in ear=Destination | | 5 | **not** **cure** | present · do-support | putting | oil | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Source | 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. 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