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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 (you, ordinary place, polling station, votes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:002-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning.lesson:1 # text = On election day an ordinary place, maybe the hall where you do PE, becomes a polling station: a voter's name is checked on a list, they mark a paper in a private booth, fold it and drop it into a sealed box. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 002-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 PE pe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 polling polling NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=16:obj 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 voter voter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 mark mark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 booth booth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 fold fold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 sealed seal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 48 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | you | PE | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pe=Eventuality | | 2 | **become** | present | a ordinary place | a polling station | | | day | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **check** | present · passive | a polling station *not said here* | a voter's name | | a list | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **mark** | present | votes *= vote* | a paper | | a private booth | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent paper=Theme in booth=Destination | | 5 | **fold** | present | votes *= vote* *not said here* | paper | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **drop** | present | votes *= vote* *not said here* | paper | | a sealed box | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into box=Destination | | 7 | **seal** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **name** | | a voter | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:002-elections-and-voting-ballots-counting-and-winning.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): 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. 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