--- title: Many experts say loot boxes work like gambling, because you pay mone… — Loot boxes and "free" skins · tree and pragmatics description: Many experts say loot boxes work like gambling, because you pay money and hope; some countries have limited or banned them, it was reported, while game companies say they are just surprises like a card pack, so people disagree. Who acts: Many experts, loot boxes, you, countries. 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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 (Many experts, loot boxes, you, countries), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:money:017-loot-boxes-and-free-skins.lesson:3 # text = Many experts say loot boxes work like gambling, because you pay money and hope; some countries have limited or banned them, it was reported, while game companies say they are just surprises like a card pack, so people disagree. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = money # lesson = 017-loot-boxes-and-free-skins.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 ×2 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 experts expert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 gambling gambling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 limited limit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:conj 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 surprises surprise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 ccomp _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:obl 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 disagree disagree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Many experts | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **work** | present | loot boxes | | | | | like gambling | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pay** | present | you | money | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | | 4 | **hope** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **limit** | present · perfect | some countries | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | | 6 | **ban** | participle | some countries *not said here* | countries *= country* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 7 | **report** | past · passive | | box | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | game companies | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | present | companies *= company* | surprises | | | | like a card pack | tree rules | | 10 | **disagree** | present | people | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:money:017-loot-boxes-and-free-skins.lesson:3`. **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 ×2. **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: [Loot boxes and "free" skins, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/2/) - next →: [Loot boxes and "free" skins, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/)