--- title: The trolley problem pictures a runaway tram (a trolley) heading for… — Lifeboat choices · tree and pragmatics description: The trolley problem pictures a runaway tram (a trolley) heading for five people, and a lever that would switch it onto a track where it would hit one; it asks whether it is right to let one person be harmed to save five; people still disagree about it. 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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 (trolley problem, runaway tram, lever, problem), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:048-lifeboat-choices.lesson:9 # text = The trolley problem pictures a runaway tram (a trolley) heading for five people, and a lever that would switch it onto a track where it would hit one; it asks whether it is right to let one person be harmed to save five; people still disagree about it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 048-lifeboat-choices.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 ×6 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 trolley trolley NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pictures picture VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 runaway runaway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 7 tram tram NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:det 10 trolley trolley NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 heading heading VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:nmod 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lever lever NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 onto onto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 35 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 expl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:nsubj 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 csubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:xcomp 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 harmed harm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 47 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obj _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 still still ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 disagree disagree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 52 about about ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **picture** | present | the trolley problem | a runaway tram and a lever | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent tram=Theme | | 2 | **heading** | gerund | a runaway tram and a lever *not said here* | | | | | for five people | tree rules | | 3 | **switch** | would | a lever | problem | | a track | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **hit** | would | problem | one | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | problem | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **let** | to-infinitive | | one person | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **harm** | infinitive · passive | one person *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 9 | **save** | to-infinitive | one person *not said here* | five | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme | | 10 | **disagree** | present | people | | | | still | about person | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | 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:048-lifeboat-choices.lesson:9`. **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 ×6. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Lifeboat choices, 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/8/) - next →: [Lifeboat choices, 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/10/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/)