--- title: Turning a device off and on again often fixes software glitches (sma… — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics description: Turning a device off and on again often fixes software glitches (small faults in how it runs) because it clears its working memory, but it cannot fix broken parts. Who acts: device. 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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 (device), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:027-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules.lesson:7 # text = Turning a device off and on again often fixes software glitches (small faults in how it runs) because it clears its working memory, but it cannot fix broken parts. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 027-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 4 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:advmod 7 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fixes fix VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 software software NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 glitches glitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 13 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:conj 15 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 clears clear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 working working NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=25:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:VerbForm=Ger 25 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 32 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn off** | gerund | | a device | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent device=Patient | | 2 | **fix** | present | | software glitches | | | again | often *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent glitch=Patient | | 3 | **run** | present | device | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **clear** | present | device | device's working memory | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source | | 5 | **not** **fix** | can | device | broken parts | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent part=Patient | | 6 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:myths:027-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules.lesson:7`. **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 ×1, 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. 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