--- title: A computer program is a list of exact instructions written by progra… — Computers and screens · tree and pragmatics description: A computer program is a list of exact instructions written by programmers in a language the computer can follow; Ada Lovelace, in the 1840s, is often called the first computer programmer. Who acts: computer program, computer. A sentence of the lesson «Computers and screens» of the technology course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/) / [Computers and screens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/) / 10 # Computers and screens, sentence 10 A computer program is a list of exact instructions written by programmers in a language the computer can follow; Ada Lovelace, in the 1840s, is often called the first computer programmer. **Who acts:** computer program, computer · **What happens:** be, write, follow, call · **To what, where:** list, exact instructions, language, Ada, 1840s · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Computers and screens» of the technology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (computer program, computer), 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:10 # text = A computer program is a list of exact instructions written by programmers in a language the computer can follow; Ada Lovelace, in the 1840s, is often called the first computer programmer. # 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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 programmers programmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:agent _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Ada Ada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 Lovelace Lovelace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 1840s 1840 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 33 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 programmer programmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a computer program | a list | | | | of exact instructions | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | participle | | exact instructions *not said here* | | a language | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in language=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | can | the computer | a language *not said here* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme | | 4 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Ada | | the 1840s | | often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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:10`. **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): R6-punct-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: [Computers and screens, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/9/) - next →: [Computers and screens, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/11/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/)