--- title: A test on only 10 cats is far too small to say what cats in general… — Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats" · tree and pragmatics description: A test on only 10 cats is far too small to say what cats in general prefer; a fair test uses many animals, chosen fairly, compared with other foods. Who acts: test, cats, fair test. 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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 (test, cats, fair test), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats.lesson:6 # text = A test on only 10 cats is far too small to say what cats in general prefer; a fair test uses many animals, chosen fairly, compared with other foods. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats.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, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:csubj 13 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:obj 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 17 prefer prefer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:advcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=10:punct 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:conj 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 27 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 foods food NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **is** | present | a test on 10 cats | | | | | far, small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | a test on 10 cats *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **prefer** | present | what cats | | | general | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **use** | present | a fair test | many animals | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient | | 5 | **choose** | participle | | many animals *not said here* | | | | fairly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **compare** | participle | | many animals *not said here* | | | | with other foods | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with food=Co-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. 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