Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u, sentence 18
Slang here: "tamping" (Wales) means very cross; "bare" (London) means lots of; "yeah nah" (Australia) means no; "yinz" (Pittsburgh) means you all; "howay" (North East England) means come on; "proper job" (West Country) means great; "chur" (New Zealand) means thanks or cool; "eh up" (Yorkshire) is a way of saying hey.
Who acts: tamping, bare, yinz, East England, proper job, New Zealand · What happens: mean, come on, be, say · To what, where: cross, lots, you, chur, thanks, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the lesson «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» of the french course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tamping, bare, yinz, East England), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | parataxis |
| 2 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Slang | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 means | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tamping | punct |
| 5 | tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tamping | punct |
| 7 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 Wales | punct |
| 8 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tamping | appos |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 Wales | punct |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 means | advcl |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 cross | advmod |
| 12 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 means | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 bare | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 bare | punct |
| 15 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 means | nsubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 bare | punct |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 London | punct |
| 18 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 means | nsubj |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 London | punct |
| 20 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 means | obj |
| 22 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 31 means | mark |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 means | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 nah | punct |
| 25 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 26 nah | discourse |
| 26 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 31 means | discourse |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 nah | punct |
| 28 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 29 Australia | punct |
| 29 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 nah | appos |
| 30 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 29 Australia | punct |
| 31 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 lots | advcl:relcl |
| 32 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 35 yinz | det |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 yinz | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 yinz | punct |
| 35 | yinz | yinz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 means | nsubj |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 yinz | punct |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 38 Pittsburgh | punct |
| 38 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 means | nsubj |
| 39 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 38 Pittsburgh | punct |
| 40 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 means | parataxis |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 means | obj |
| 42 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 howay | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 howay | punct |
| 45 | howay | howay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | ccomp |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 howay | punct |
| 47 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 50 England | punct |
| 48 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 East | compound |
| 49 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 England | compound |
| 50 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 means | nsubj |
| 51 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 50 England | punct |
| 52 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 means | parataxis |
| 53 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 means | ccomp |
| 54 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 come | compound:prt |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 means | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 job | punct |
| 57 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 job | amod |
| 58 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 means | nsubj |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 job | punct |
| 60 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 62 Country | punct |
| 61 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 Country | compound |
| 62 | Country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 job | appos |
| 63 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 62 Country | punct |
| 64 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 means | parataxis |
| 65 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 means | xcomp |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 68 chur | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 chur | punct |
| 68 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 means | obj |
| 69 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 68 chur | punct |
| 70 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 72 Zealand | punct |
| 71 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Zealand | compound |
| 72 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 means | nsubj |
| 73 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 72 Zealand | punct |
| 74 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 means | parataxis |
| 75 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 means | obj |
| 76 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 77 cool | cc |
| 77 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 thanks | conj |
| 78 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 80 eh | punct |
| 79 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 80 eh | punct |
| 80 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | obj |
| 81 | up | up | ADP | _ | 80 eh | compound:prt |
| 82 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 up | punct |
| 83 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 84 Yorkshire | punct |
| 84 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 88 way | nsubj |
| 85 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 84 Yorkshire | punct |
| 86 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 88 way | cop |
| 87 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 88 way | det |
| 88 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | ccomp |
| 89 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 90 saying | mark |
| 90 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 88 way | acl |
| 91 | hey | hey | INTJ | _ | 90 saying | discourse |
| 92 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | tamping | cross | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | bare | lots | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | bare not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | mean | present | no yinz | you | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | ||||
| 5 | mean | present | East England | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | come on | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | mean | present | proper job | chur | great property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chur=Topic | |||
| 8 | mean | present | New Zealand | thanks | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic | ||||
| 9 | is a | present | Yorkshire | a way | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | say speech: assert | gerund | a way not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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, 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:french:002-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u.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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, 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.
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