--- title: Its processor follows a list of exact instructions, called a program… — Computers and screens · tree and pragmatics description: Its processor follows a list of exact instructions, called a program, doing billions of tiny steps every second, like a cook who reads a recipe one line at a time at lightning speed. Who acts: processor, list, cook. 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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 (processor, list, cook), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:036-computers-and-screens.lesson:1 # text = Its processor follows a list of exact instructions, called a program, doing billions of tiny steps every second, like a cook who reads a recipe one line at a time at lightning speed. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 036-computers-and-screens.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 ×2 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 processor processor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 15 billions billion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:det 28 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:compound 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | present | computer's processor | a list of exact instructions | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Theme | | 2 | **call** | participle | a list of exact instructions *not said here* | a program | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent program=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | gerund | | billions of tiny steps | | | second | like a cook | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent billion=Eventuality | | 4 | **read** | present | a cook | a recipe | | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Recipient line=Topic | | 5 | **list** | | | exact instructions | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:036-computers-and-screens.lesson:1`. **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 ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Computers and screens, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/0/) - next →: [Computers and screens, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/)