--- title: There is no confirmed case of a mobile phone setting petrol alight a… — Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang · tree and pragmatics description: There is no confirmed case of a mobile phone setting petrol alight at a pump; most fires at pumps start from static electricity (the charge that builds up on you and gives a little spark or zap), for example when someone gets back in the car and then touches the nozzle. 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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 (confirmed case, mobile phone, most fires, charge), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:023-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang.lesson:8 # text = There is no confirmed case of a mobile phone setting petrol alight at a pump; most fires at pumps start from static electricity (the charge that builds up on you and gives a little spark or zap), for example when someone gets back in the car and then touches the nozzle. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 023-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=AUX:VBZ:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 mobile mobile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 setting setting VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 petrol petrol NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pump pump NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 pumps pump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 static static ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 spark spark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 zap zap NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 53 advmod _ _ 53 touches touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 nozzle nozzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no confirmed case of a mobile phone | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **confirm** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **setting** | gerund | a mobile phone *not said here* | petrol | | a pump | | alight *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **start** | present | most fires at pumps | | | static electricity | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **build up** | present | the charge | | | | | on you | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **give** | present | the charge *not said here* | a little spark or zap | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spark=Theme | | 7 | **get back** | present | someone | | | the car | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **touch** | present | someone *not said here* | the nozzle | | | then | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nozzle=Co-Theme | 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:myths:023-petrol-stations-pools-and-things-that-go-bang.lesson:8`. **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): 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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