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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, dodge, most people, fibs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:099-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling.lesson:14 # text = Some Christians say a dodge is better than even a small surprise fib; most people think fibs that protect a surprise are harmless; Kant still says no lie at all. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 099-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling.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): no change 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dodge dodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 fib fib NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 fibs fib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 protect protect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Kant Kant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nmod _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some Christians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | a dodge | | | | | than a small surprise fib; good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | most people | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **protect** | present | fibs | a surprise | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Beneficiary | | 5 | **is** | present | fibs | | | | | harmless *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kant | no lie | | all | still | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lie=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:099-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling.lesson:14`. **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): no change. **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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