--- title: A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus co… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day · tree and pragmatics description: A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus comes, when the train leaves and arrives, when the cartoon starts, when lunch ends. Who acts: timetable, bus, train, cartoon. 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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 (timetable, bus, train, cartoon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day.lesson:0 # text = A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus comes, when the train leaves and arrives, when the cartoon starts, when lunch ends. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 timetable timetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=16:punct 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:det 20 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 timetable | a promise | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | participle | | a promise *not said here* | | | | as a list of times | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as list=Attribute | | 3 | **come** | present | the bus | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | present | the train | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **arrive** | present | the train *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **start** | present | the cartoon | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **end** | present | lunch | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **list** | | | times | | | | | 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:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day.lesson:0`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×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: [Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock, 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/22/) - next →: [Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/)