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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 (USA, separate election, UK, party), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:005-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street.lesson:0 # text = The USA has a president, chosen by voters in a separate election, who is both head of the country and head of the government; the UK has a prime minister, the leader of the party that wins most seats in Parliament, while the King is the head of state. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 005-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 voters voter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=43:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBS:Degree=Sup 43 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Parliament parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=41:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=52:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the USA | a president | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Patient | | 2 | **choose** | participle | | a president *not said here* | | a separate election | | by voters | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | a separate election | both head | | | | of the country and head of the government | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | the UK | a prime minister | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Patient | | 5 | **win** | present | the party | most seats | | Parliament | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | present | the King | the head | | | | of state | 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:005-president-and-prime-minister-white-house-and-downing-street.lesson:0`. **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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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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