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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 (Christians, Trinity), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:021-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit.lesson:1 # text = They believe this one God is known in three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit; this is called the Trinity, and Christians admit it is a mystery too big to explain fully. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 021-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ _ 23 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Trinity trinity PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=27:xcomp|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 admit admit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=27:conj 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 38 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 42 fully fully ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | Christians *= christian* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | present · passive | | this one God | | | | in three persons | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **call** | present · passive | | this | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | Christians | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | Trinity | a mystery | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Trinity *not said here* | | | | | fully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «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:religion-ethics:021-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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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