--- title: A correct step from a false rule can give a wrong answer: a dog that… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics description: A correct step from a false rule can give a wrong answer: a dog that barks at squirrels doesn't prove someone is at the door. Who acts: correct step, dog, someone. 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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 (correct step, dog, someone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps.lesson:18 # text = A correct step from a false rule can give a wrong answer: a dog that barks at squirrels doesn't prove someone is at the door. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 184-if-then-and-its-traps.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): no change 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 barks bark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 23 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | a correct step from a false rule | a wrong answer | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 2 | **bark** | present | a dog | | | | | at squirrels | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at squirrel=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **prove** | present · do-support | a dog | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | someone | | | the door | | | 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. Sentence `school:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps.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): no change. **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: ["If... then..." and its traps, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/17/) - next →: ["If... then..." and its traps, 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/19/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/)