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title: The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many lin… — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many linked with King Solomon, about everyday life: how we speak, how we work, whom we choose as friends. Who acts: Book, short wise sayings, we. A sentence of the lesson «Psalms and Proverbs» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary
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# Psalms and Proverbs, sentence 3

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The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many linked with King Solomon, about everyday life: how we speak, how we work, whom we choose as friends.

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**Who acts:** Book, short wise sayings, we · **What happens:** be, link, speak, work, choose · **To what, where:** collection, many · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Psalms and Proverbs» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Book, short wise sayings, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:011-psalms-and-proverbs.lesson:3
# text = The Book of Proverbs is a collection of short wise sayings, many linked with King Solomon, about everyday life: how we speak, how we work, whom we choose as friends.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 011-psalms-and-proverbs.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×3
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=7:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Proverbs	Proverbs	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=2:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sayings	saying	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	King	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=14:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
20	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
21	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
23	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
24	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
28	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
32	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Book of Proverbs | a collection |  |  |  | of short wise sayings | tree rules |
| 2 | **link** | participle · passive | short wise sayings *not said here* | many |  |  |  | with King Solomon and everyday life | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with solomon=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **work** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **choose** | present | we | a collection |  |  |  | as friends | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme |

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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.

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**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 ×2, R8-pos-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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