--- title: Kai was chased home by three older boys shouting that they would bat… — Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that… · tree and pragmatics description: Kai was chased home by three older boys shouting that they would batter him (beat him up); they didn't catch him, but in bed he thought, "They know where I live now. Who acts: three older boys, boys, Kai. 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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 (three older boys, boys, Kai), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:007-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night.lesson:1 # text = Kai was chased home by three older boys shouting that they would batter him (beat him up); they didn't catch him, but in bed he thought, "They know where I live now. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 007-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:agent _ _ 9 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 batter batter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 16 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:conj 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=35:punct 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:parataxis 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 now now ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 . . 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 | **chase** | past · passive | three older boys | Kai | | | | home *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | three older boys *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **batter** | would | boys *= boy* | Kai | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 4 | **beat up** | infinitive | | Kai | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 5 | **not** **catch** | past · do-support | boys *= boy* | Kai | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Kai | | | bed | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | present | Kai | | | | now | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:reflection:007-chased-trapped-frightened-scary-moments-that-come-back-at-night.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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