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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 (parable, Jesus, listener), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:014-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep.lesson:0 # text = A parable is a short story Jesus told about everyday life with a deeper meaning about God and how to live; it makes the listener think and see himself in it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 014-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep.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, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 everyday everyday ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=11:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:det 14 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 listener listener NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is a** | present | a parable | a short story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Jesus | a short story *not said here* | | | | about everyday life; with a deeper meaning about God | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about life=Topic | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | Jesus *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | present | parable | the listener | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | the listener *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | the listener *not said here* | Jesus | | parable | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | 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:religion-ethics:014-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep.lesson:0`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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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