--- title: Two different metals pushed into a lemon or potato make a tiny curre… — Batteries · tree and pragmatics description: Two different metals pushed into a lemon or potato make a tiny current, and several lemons together can light a small LED; this is a science-class activity with low-voltage kits and an adult, never anything to do with mains sockets. Who acts: Two different metals, several lemons, this. 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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 (Two different metals, several lemons, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:034-batteries.lesson:15 # text = Two different metals pushed into a lemon or potato make a tiny current, and several lemons together can light a small LED; this is a science-class activity with low-voltage kits and an adult, never anything to do with mains sockets. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 034-batteries.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 metals metal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lemon lemon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=10:obj|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 lemons lemon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 LED LED NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 activity activity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 voltage voltage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 kits kit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 mains main NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 compound _ _ 47 sockets socket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | participle | | Two different metals *not said here* | | a lemon or potato | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into lemon=Destination | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | Two different metals | a tiny current | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material current=Product | | 3 | **light** | can | several lemons | a small LED | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent led=Product | | 4 | **is a** | present | this | a class activity | | | | with voltage kits and a adult | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | with mains sockets | 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:technology:034-batteries.lesson:15`. **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): R8-pos-agree ×1. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Batteries, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/34-batteries/14/) - next →: [Batteries, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/34-batteries/16/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/34-batteries/)