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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 (meme, words, video), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:013-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians.lesson:8 # text = A meme is a funny picture or video with words, called a caption, that gets copied and shared; it cannot explain a whole story. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 013-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians.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 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 meme meme NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:nmod 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 caption caption NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 copied copy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a meme | a funny picture or video | | | | with words | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | words *not said here* | a caption | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **copy** | present · passive | | a caption | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **share** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **explain** *speech: assert* | can | video | a whole story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | 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:politics:013-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians.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): R5-strong ×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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