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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 (Nathan, rich man, David, You), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:089-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book.lesson:5 # text = Nathan told King David a story about a rich man who took a poor man's only lamb; David was angry at the rich man, and Nathan said, "You are the man!", because David had done a worse wrong; a king could have punished him for saying it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 089-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book.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 1 Nathan Nathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 18 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Nathan Nathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:parataxis 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ _ 33 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 40 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 46 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux _ _ 52 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 55 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Nathan | a story | David King | | | about a rich man | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent david=Recipient story=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past | a rich man | | a poor man's only lamb | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lamb=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | David | | | | | at the rich man; angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Nathan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | David | a worse wrong | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality | | 7 | **punish** | could · perfect | a king | David | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a king *not said here* | lamb | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 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:089-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book.lesson:5`. **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. **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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