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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 (ofrenda, most families, dead, some), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:065-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more.lesson:7 # text = An ofrenda is an altar with photos, candles, food and favourite things of the dead, offered as a sign of love and welcome; most families do not think the dead really eat it, though some believe the spirits enjoy its smell. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 065-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ofrenda ofrenda NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 photos photo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:appos 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:conj 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 35 really really ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=32:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 nsubj _ _ 41 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a ofrenda | a altar | | | | with photos and candles and food and favourite things of the dead | tree rules | | 2 | **offer** | participle | | food and favourite things of the dead *not said here* | | | | as a sign of love and welcome | vn volunteer-95.4 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent as sign=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | most families | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | present | the dead | family | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **believe** | present | some | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **enjoy** | present | the spirits | family's smell | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus | | 7 | **sign** | | | love and welcome | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **smell** | | family | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=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. 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