--- title: A fuse is a thin wire that melts if too much current (flow of electr… — Electricity at home: switches, plugs, fuses and… · tree and pragmatics description: A fuse is a thin wire that melts if too much current (flow of electricity) flows, breaking the circuit (the loop of wire the electricity runs round) before the wires overheat; the number on it tells how many amps it allows. Who acts: fuse, thin wire, much current, electricity. 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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 (fuse, thin wire, much current, electricity), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:014-electricity-at-home.lesson:9 # text = A fuse is a thin wire that melts if too much current (flow of electricity) flows, breaking the circuit (the loop of wire the electricity runs round) before the wires overheat; the number on it tells how many amps it allows. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 014-electricity-at-home.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 ×4 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fuse fuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wire wire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 current current ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 14 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:parataxis 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 18 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 circuit circuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 loop loop NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 wire wire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 round round ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:advmod 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 overheat overheat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 amps amp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:obj 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=45:acl:relcl 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is a** | present | a fuse | a thin wire | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **melt** | present | a thin wire | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **flow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | much current | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **break** | gerund | a thin wire *not said here* | the circuit | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer circuit=Patient | | 5 | **run** | present | the electricity | the loop of wire *not said here* | | | | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme loop=Trajectory | | 6 | **overheat** | present | the wires | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the number on Electricity | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **allow** | present | number | many amps | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amp=Beneficiary | | 9 | **flow** | | electricity | | | | | | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=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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