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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 (People, everyone, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:041-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides.lesson:4 # text = People exaggerate and play things down about votes too: "literally everyone voted for me" may mean 40 kids out of 200, and "I lost by a teeny bit" may mean 3 votes to 27, so always count the real numbers. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 041-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 exaggerate exaggerate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 votes vote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:obl 9 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 literally literally ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 14 voted vote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=19:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=14:conj 20 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 teeny teeny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 37 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 votes vote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 27 27 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 44 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 . . 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 | **exaggerate** | present | People | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play down** | present | People *not said here* | things | | | | about votes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 3 | **vote** *in a quote* | past | everyone | | | | | for me *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for i=Goal | | 4 | **mean** | may | People *not said here* | 40 kids | | 200 | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Topic | | 5 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | by a teeny bit | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | may | | 3 votes | | | | to 27 | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot vote=Theme to 27=Attribute | | 7 | **count** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the real numbers | | | | always *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | 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:041-olympiad-fair-votes-close-counts-and-who-decides.lesson:4`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, 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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