--- title: In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parl… — The King, the courts and the rules above the rules · tree and pragmatics description: In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden throne, but the words and the choices belong to the people the voters elected; he signs because that is the custom, and he never says which party he likes. 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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 (King, Parliament, words, voters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:007-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules.lesson:0 # text = In the UK the King signs every law Parliament passes, and opens Parliament by reading a speech from a golden throne, but the words and the choices belong to the people the voters elected; he signs because that is the custom, and he never says which party he likes. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 007-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 signs sign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 8 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 Parliament parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=10:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 10 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 Parliament parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 15 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 choices choice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=13:conj 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 voters voter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 elected elect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 signs sign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=13:conj 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 50 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 51 det _ _ 51 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | present | the King | law | | the UK | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent law=Theme in uk=Destination | | 2 | **pass** | present | Parliament | law *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme law=Trajectory | | 3 | **open** | present | the King *not said here* | Parliament | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location parliament=Theme | | 4 | **read** | gerund | the King *not said here* | a speech | | a golden throne | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent speech=Topic from throne=Source | | 5 | **belong** | present | the words and the choices | | | | | to the people | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **elect** | past | the voters | the people *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 7 | **sign** | present | King | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | present | that | the custom | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **like** | present | King | which party | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot party=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:007-the-king-the-courts-and-the-rules-above-the-rules.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): R3-conj-first ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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