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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 (Narrowboats, many boat families), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:technology:041-rivers-canals-and-boats-locks-weirs-water-mills-barges-and-how-not-to-tip-a-rowing-boat.lesson:10 # text = Narrowboats are only about 2 metres wide, to fit the narrow locks, and up to about 21 metres long; many boat families lived in a tiny cabin at the back, painted with roses and castles. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = technology # lesson = 041-rivers-canals-and-boats-locks-weirs-water-mills-barges-and-how-not-to-tip-a-rowing-boat.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, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Narrowboats narrowboat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 wide wide ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:acl:relcl 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 16 up up ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 21 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 castles castle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=6: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 | Narrowboats | 2 metres | | | | wide *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | Narrowboats *not said here* | the narrow locks | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | | 3 | **live** | past | many boat families | | | a tiny cabin | | up 21 metres; at the back | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cabin=Location | | 4 | **paint** | participle | | a tiny cabin *not said here* | | | | with roses and castles | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rose=Theme | 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:041-rivers-canals-and-boats-locks-weirs-water-mills-barges-and-how-not-to-tip-a-rowing-boat.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): R5-strong ×1, 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. 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