--- title: A computer has a processor that follows instructions very fast, memo… — Computers and screens · tree and pragmatics description: A computer has a processor that follows instructions very fast, memory that holds what it is working on and storage that keeps files when it is switched off; a modern processor does billions of simple steps every second. Who acts: computer, processor, memory, storage. 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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 (computer, processor, memory, storage), 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:8 # text = A computer has a processor that follows instructions very fast, memory that holds what it is working on and storage that keeps files when it is switched off; a modern processor does billions of simple steps every second. # 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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have 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 processor processor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 19 on on ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 storage storage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 files file NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 switched switch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:acl:relcl 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 processor processor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 35 billions billion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **have** | present | a computer | a processor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent processor=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | present | a processor | instructions | | | | fast *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | present | memory and storage | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **work on** | present · progressive | computer | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | present | storage | files | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent file=Theme | | 6 | **switch off** | present · passive | | computer | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **do** | present | a modern processor | billions of simple steps | | | second | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent billion=Eventuality | 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:8`. **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 ×1, R7-rel-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, 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/7/) - next →: [Computers and screens, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/9/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/36-computers-and-screens/)