--- title: Its rhythm is set by the length of the chains, not by how hard you a… — Swings and pendulums · tree and pragmatics description: Its rhythm is set by the length of the chains, not by how hard you are pushed or how heavy you are, which is why an old grandfather clock can count time with a swinging pendulum. Who acts: length, you, old grandfather clock. 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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 (length, you, old grandfather clock), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:physics:010-swings-and-pendulums.lesson:1 # text = Its rhythm is set by the length of the chains, not by how hard you are pushed or how heavy you are, which is why an old grandfather clock can count time with a swinging pendulum. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = physics # lesson = 010-swings-and-pendulums.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 ×1 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 rhythm rhythm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 21 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 swinging swing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 38 pendulum pendulum NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:nmod 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present · passive | the length of the chains | swing's rhythm | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result | | 2 | **push** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | you | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **count** | can | a old grandfather clock | | | | time | with a swinging pendulum | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **swing** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:physics:010-swings-and-pendulums.lesson:1`. **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 ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Swings and pendulums, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/0/) - next →: [Swings and pendulums, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/10-swings-and-pendulums/)