--- title: Two traps catch people all the time: running the "if" backwards ("th… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics description: Two traps catch people all the time: running the "if" backwards ("the grass is wet, so it rained") and "not the first, so not the second" ("my cat isn't a dog, so it's not an animal"). Who acts: Two traps, grass, it, cat. 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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 (Two traps, grass, it, cat), 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:2 # text = Two traps catch people all the time: running the "if" backwards ("the grass is wet, so it rained") and "not the first, so not the second" ("my cat isn't a dog, so it's not an animal"). # 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): R2-punct-next ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 9 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:parataxis 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 if if NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 backwards backward ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 rained rain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=31:punct 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 conj _ _ 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=45:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=45:appos 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=52:punct 54 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | Two traps | people | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 2 | **run** | gerund | Two traps *not said here* | the if | | | | backward *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent if=Theme clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the grass | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **rain** *in a quote* | past | it | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 5 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | my cat | a dog | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | grass | a animal | | | | | 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:2`. **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, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: ["If... then..." and its traps, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/1/) - next →: ["If... then..." and its traps, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/)