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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 (shrug, Punishing, clear yes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no.lesson:17 # text = A shrug can mean "I don't know", "I'd rather not" or "maybe"; only a clear yes is a yes. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no.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, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shrug shrug NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=9:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 14 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 15 rather rather ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=25:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct 20 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 yes yes NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 yes yes NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | can | a shrug | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Punishing | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | a clear yes | a yes | | | | | tree rules | 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. 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