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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 (Words, I, end, it), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:023-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato.lesson:8 # text = Words from the scenes: «back in my day» = when I was young; «kiddo» = kid; «sound» (Liverpool) = good, fine, «end of» = no more arguing; «mid» = so-so, «it's giving» = it looks like; «aye» (Scotland) = yes, «wee» = small; «I'm literally dead» = that's too funny or shocking. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 023-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato.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, R6-punct-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 « « VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:obl 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=16:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 12 = = PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 « « ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 kiddo kiddo NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 » » NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 = = PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 « « CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sound sound VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 26 » » PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 30 = = PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 « « ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 » » PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 = = PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 no no ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 arguing argue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 « « PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=46:punct 45 mid mid X AFX _ 46 compound _ _ 46 » » NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 47 = = PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 « « PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=55:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 56 » » PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=55:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 57 = = PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 60 like like ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 « « PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ _ 63 aye aye ADV GW Typo=Yes 59 obl _ _ 64 » » PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 goeswith _ _ 65 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 66 punct _ _ 66 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 appos _ _ 67 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 66 punct _ _ 68 = = PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 69 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 59 discourse _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 « « CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 » » NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ _ 74 = = PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 76 ; ; PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 « « PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ _ 78 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 79 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 80 literally literally ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=82:advmod 81 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 » » NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl:unmarked _ _ 83 = = PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 84 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 87 nsubj _ _ 85 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 cop _ _ 86 too too ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 87 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 parataxis _ _ 88 or or CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 89 shocking shocking ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 conj _ _ 90 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=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 | **«** | infinitive | Words from the scenes | mid » | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | I | | | | | « kiddo » and kid *obl*; young *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sound** *in a quote* | infinitive | | » | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location »=Theme | | 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | end | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **look** | present | it | wee » | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme »=Attribute | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | dead » | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | that | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | 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:politics:023-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×3. **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: [Why wars happen and why they are hard…, 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/7/) - next →: [Why wars happen and why they are hard…, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/9/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/)