--- title: At first it was a sharp sting; by now it is a quiet voice that makes… — Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitio… · tree and pragmatics description: At first it was a sharp sting; by now it is a quiet voice that makes her stop in the middle of her stories; it is an old recording playing on its own, not the truth, and not even what her friend thinks any more. Who acts: friend, quiet voice, old recording. 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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 (friend, quiet voice, old recording), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:027-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong.lesson:2 # text = At first it was a sharp sting; by now it is a quiet voice that makes her stop in the middle of her stories; it is an old recording playing on its own, not the truth, and not even what her friend thinks any more. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 027-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong.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 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 obl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sting sting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 obl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 19 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 recording recording NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 32 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:conj 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 any any ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | friend | a sharp sting and a old recording | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | friend | a quiet voice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | a quiet voice | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stop** | infinitive | a quiet voice *not said here* | Ava | | the middle of Ava's stories | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality her=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | present | friend | a old recording | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **play** | gerund | a old recording *not said here* | | | friend's own and the truth | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Ava's friend | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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:reflection:027-tricks-the-mind-plays-inner-voices-superstitions-and-being-sure-but-wrong.lesson:2`. **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. **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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