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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, someone, everyone, few children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:006-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made.lesson:1 # text = Picture your class making a rule about phones at lunch: first someone reads it out, then everyone argues, then a few children fix the wording, then the class votes; Parliament and Congress do the same, only slower and more carefully. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 006-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made.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 ×4, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Picture picture VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:obl 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 20 argues argue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fix fix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wording wording NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 votes vote NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 35 Parliament parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=38:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 Congress Congress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 slower slow ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=1:advmod 46 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 43 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=45:advmod 47 . . 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 | **picture** | imperative | you *not said here* | your class | | | | slow *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent class=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | a rule | | lunch | | about phones | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product | | 3 | **read out** | present | someone | rule | | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | everyone | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fix** | present | a few children | the wording | | | then | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wording=Patient | | 6 | **do** | present | the class votes | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | 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:006-congress-and-parliament-how-a-law-is-made.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): R5-strong ×4, 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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