--- title: Think of two mates arguing over which pizza to order: "pineapple's w… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics description: Think of two mates arguing over which pizza to order: "pineapple's wrong because..." keeps it fun, but "you're stupid" ends dinner, because the moment you insult someone they stop listening and start defending. Who acts: you, two mates, mates. 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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, two mates, mates), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.lesson:1 # text = Think of two mates arguing over which pizza to order: "pineapple's wrong because..." keeps it fun, but "you're stupid" ends dinner, because the moment you insult someone they stop listening and start defending. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 arguing argue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 8 det _ _ 8 pizza pizza NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct 13 pineapple pineapple NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 15 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 ... ... PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 29 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:nsubj 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 insult insult VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 obj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 40 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 defending defend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | of two mates | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | two mates *not said here* | | | | | over which pizza | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over pizza=Theme | | 3 | **order** | to-infinitive | two mates *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | pineapple | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | present | | pineapple | | | | fun *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **end** | present | you *not said here* | dinner | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality dinner=Eventuality | | 8 | **insult** | present | you | someone | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer | | 9 | **stop** | present | mates *= mate* | | | | moment | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **listen** | gerund | mates *= mate* *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **start** | present | mates *= mate* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 12 | **defend** | gerund | mates *= mate* *not said here* | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.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): R6-punct-agree ×2, 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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