--- title: A simple machine is a tool that makes a job easier by changing how m… — Simple machines and how they help · tree and pragmatics description: A simple machine is a tool that makes a job easier by changing how much force we need or which way we push. Who acts: simple machine, tool, we. 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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 (simple machine, tool, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:052-simple-machines.lesson:0 # text = A simple machine is a tool that makes a job easier by changing how much force we need or which way we push. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 052-simple-machines.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): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBR:Degree=Cmp 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 21 det _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:obj 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=21:acl:relcl 24 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 simple machine | a tool | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | a tool | a job | | | | easy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset job=Product | | 3 | **change** | gerund | a tool *not said here* | much force | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Patient | | 4 | **need** | present | we | much force *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot force=Theme | | 5 | **push** | present | we | which way | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | 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:052-simple-machines.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): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-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: [Forces — pushes, pulls, friction and m…, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/51-forces/20/) - next →: [Simple machines and how they help, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/52-simple-machines/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/52-simple-machines/)