--- title: Downplaying, or understatement, makes something sound smaller than i… — Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times… · tree and pragmatics description: Downplaying, or understatement, makes something sound smaller than it is, like "it's just a scratch" about a deep cut; when a real problem is downplayed, it is wise to check and tell an adult. Who acts: something, understatement, adult. 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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 (something, understatement, adult), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.lesson:7 # text = Downplaying, or understatement, makes something sound smaller than it is, like "it's just a scratch" about a deep cut; when a real problem is downplayed, it is wise to check and tell an adult. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Downplaying downplay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 understatement understatement NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:obl 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:cop 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 like like SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 downplayed downplay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 expl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 csubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 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 | **downplay** | gerund | | | | | | about a deep cut | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sound** | infinitive | something *not said here* | | | | | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | understatement | a scratch | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **downplay** | present · passive | | a real problem | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **check** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a adult | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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:031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.lesson:7`. **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 ×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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