--- title: Checking works both ways: it can show a thing is fake, and it can sh… — How to check: who, how, who else · tree and pragmatics description: Checking works both ways: it can show a thing is fake, and it can show a thing is real, like a protest photo printed by three big outlets with the photographer's name. Who acts: Checking, it, thing, photographer. 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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 (Checking, it, thing, photographer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:035-how-to-check-who-how-who-else.lesson:3 # text = Checking works both ways: it can show a thing is fake, and it can show a thing is real, like a protest photo printed by three big outlets with the photographer's name. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 035-how-to-check-who-how-who-else.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 Checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 csubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:obj 5 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 protest protest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 photo photo NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 outlets outlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 photographer photographer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 37 . . 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 | **check** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **work** | present | Checking | both ways | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show** | can | it | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | a thing | | | | | fake *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **show** | can | it | | | | | like a protest photo | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | a thing | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **print** | participle | | a protest photo *not said here* | | | | by three big outlets with the photographer's name | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **name** | | the photographer | | | | | | 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:035-how-to-check-who-how-who-else.lesson:3`. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [How to check: who, how, who else, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/2/) - next →: [How to check: who, how, who else, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/)