--- title: The safe rules are simple: borrow only what you can pay back, know t… — Debt, loans, credit cards and interest · tree and pragmatics description: The safe rules are simple: borrow only what you can pay back, know the total you will pay, and if you can't pay it off this month, don't put it on the card. Who acts: safe rules, you. 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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 (safe rules, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:money:024-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest.lesson:4 # text = The safe rules are simple: borrow only what you can pay back, know the total you will pay, and if you can't pay it off this month, don't put it on the card. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = money # lesson = 024-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest.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): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 total total NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **is** | present | the safe rules | | | | | simple *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **borrow** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **pay back** | can | you | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | infinitive | | the total | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer total=Stimulus | | 5 | **pay** | future | you | the total *not said here* | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent total=Asset | | 6 | **not** **pay off** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | total | | | month | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 7 | **not** **put** | infinitive · do-support | | total | | the card | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on card=Destination | 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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