--- title: We see most things because some of that light bounces off them into… — Light and shadows · tree and pragmatics description: We see most things because some of that light bounces off them into our eyes; in a room with no light at all you see nothing, however long you wait. Who acts: We, some, 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 (We, some, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:physics:020-light-and-shadows.lesson:1 # text = We see most things because some of that light bounces off them into our eyes; in a room with no light at all you see nothing, however long you wait. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = physics # lesson = 020-light-and-shadows.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBS:Degree=Sup 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 bounces bounce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:nmod 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 27 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 however however ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=32:advmod 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 . . 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 | **see** | present | We | most things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **bounce off** | present | some | things *= thing* | | our eyes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into eye=Trajectory | | 3 | **see** | present | you | nothing | | a room with no light at all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **wait** | present | you | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:physics:020-light-and-shadows.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 ×2, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Light and shadows, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/20-light-and-shadows/0/) - next →: [Light and shadows, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/20-light-and-shadows/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/20-light-and-shadows/)