--- title: Many online videos say scary things that are not true to get views;… — Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war… · tree and pragmatics description: Many online videos say scary things that are not true to get views; clickbait is a scary or exciting title made to get clicks, and a conspiracy theory is a false story about a secret plan. Who acts: Many online videos, scary things, clickbait, conspiracy theory. 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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 (Many online videos, scary things, clickbait, conspiracy theory), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:008-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs.lesson:14 # text = Many online videos say scary things that are not true to get views; clickbait is a scary or exciting title made to get clicks, and a conspiracy theory is a false story about a secret plan. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 008-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 online online ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 videos video NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:xcomp 13 views view NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 clickbait clickbait NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 exciting exciting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 22 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 clicks click NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 conspiracy conspiracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Many online videos | scary things | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | scary things | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | scary things *not said here* | views | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | clickbait | a scary title and a false story | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | participle | | a scary title and a false story *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | | clicks | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer click=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | present | a conspiracy theory | a false story | | | | about a secret plan | tree rules | 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:008-scary-things-in-the-world-news-strangers-war-and-what-ifs.lesson:14`. **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): 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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