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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 (Excuses, we, us, dog), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:098-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside.lesson:0 # text = Excuses protect how we look but stop us fixing the real problem; "My dog ate my homework" sounds easier than "I forgot", but only the truth gets the homework done. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 098-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Excuses excuse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 protect protect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:conj 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fixing fix VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:ccomp 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 15 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 csubj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=19:punct 21 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 22 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 23 than than SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=33:advmod 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=35:acl 37 . . 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 | **protect** | present | Excuses | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | present | we | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **stop** | present | Excuses *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **fix** | gerund | us | the real problem | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | My dog | my homework | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Patient | | 6 | **sound** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **forget** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | present | the truth | the homework | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | participle | the homework *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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:098-honest-with-yourself-excuses-pride-and-the-truth-inside.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×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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