--- title: A forklift truck lifts pallets on two steel forks, and a heavy count… — How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and p… · tree and pragmatics description: A forklift truck lifts pallets on two steel forks, and a heavy counterweight at the back, which can weigh as much as a small car, stops it tipping forward; forklifts are quiet and turn sharply, so near them people keep to the marked walkways and never stand under a raised load. 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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 (forklift truck, heavy counterweight, forklifts, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:001-how-a-factory-works.lesson:15 # text = A forklift truck lifts pallets on two steel forks, and a heavy counterweight at the back, which can weigh as much as a small car, stops it tipping forward; forklifts are quiet and turn sharply, so near them people keep to the marked walkways and never stand under a raised load. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 001-how-a-factory-works.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 ×3 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 forklift forklift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 truck truck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 pallets pallet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 forks fork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 counterweight counterweight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 weigh weigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:obj 24 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 tipping tip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 32 forward forward ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 forklifts forklift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 sharply sharply ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 42 near near ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 walkways walkway NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 53 under under ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | present | a forklift truck and a heavy counterweight at the back | pallets | | two steel forks | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pallet=Theme on fork=Destination | | 2 | **weigh** | can | a heavy counterweight at the back | | | | | as a small car | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | present | a forklift truck and a heavy counterweight at the back *not said here* | car | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tip** | gerund | a forklift truck and a heavy counterweight at the back *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | forklifts | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **turn** | present | forklifts *not said here* | | | | | sharply *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | present | people | | | | | near forklifts *= forklift*; to the marked walkways | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent near they=Location | | 8 | **mark** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **stand** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | a raised load | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under load=Location | | 10 | **raise** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: 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. 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