--- title: A smart speaker listens for a wake word, and only then sends your re… — The internet and undersea cables · tree and pragmatics description: A smart speaker listens for a wake word, and only then sends your request to computers online for an answer; ask an adult before using one, because it may store recordings. Who acts: smart speaker, speaker, your. 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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 (smart speaker, speaker, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.lesson:18 # text = A smart speaker listens for a wake word, and only then sends your request to computers online for an answer; ask an adult before using one, because it may store recordings. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 computers computer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 online online ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 advcl _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 store store VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 34 recordings recording NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | present | a smart speaker | | | | | for a wake word | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for word=Theme | | 2 | **send** | present | a smart speaker *not said here* | your request | | computers | then | for a answer; online *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent request=Theme to computer=Destination | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 4 | **use** | gerund | | one | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **store** | may | speaker | recordings | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Theme | | 6 | **request** | | your | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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:037-the-internet-and-undersea-cables.lesson:18`. **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): 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: [The internet and undersea cables, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/16/) - next →: [Satellites and GPS, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/38-satellites-and-gps/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/37-the-internet-and-undersea-cables/)