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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 (big brother, you, best friend, bull line), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:032-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground.lesson:4 # text = Your big brother is right about blue whales but adds "you're only nine"; your best friend is still cross after you were bossy in a row about chameleons; and Uncle Mike's red-bull line is an old family joke everyone checked years ago, so now it is a tradition, not a fight. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 032-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground.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, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 ccomp _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:parataxis|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 chameleons chameleon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 35 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Mike Mike PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=41:amod 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=41:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 41 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=46:nmod 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:parataxis 47 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 48 nsubj _ _ 48 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 ago ago ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 53 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your big brother | | | | | about blue whales; right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | Your big brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | nine | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | your best friend | cross | | | still | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | you | | | a row about chameleons | | bossy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | Uncle Mike's bull line | a old family joke | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **check** | past | everyone | a old family joke *not said here* | | | | ago *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | present | line | a tradition and a fight | | | now | | tree rules | 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:032-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground.lesson:4`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-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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