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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: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:euphemisms:032-religion-fate-failure.lesson:2 # text = Some words are chosen to include everyone or to avoid naming one religion, like "happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas", or to describe someone's faith politely, like "lapsed". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = euphemisms # lesson = 032-religion-fate-failure.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 include include VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 naming name VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 17 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 24 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 23 Merry Merry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:obl 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 politely politely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 37 lapsed lapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=29:parataxis 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · passive | | some words | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **include** | to-infinitive | | everyone | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | | 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **name** | gerund | | one religion | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme holiday=Attribute | | 5 | **describe** | to-infinitive | | someone's faith | | | | politely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | | 6 | **lapse** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:euphemisms:032-religion-fate-failure.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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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: [Soft words for hard things: religion a…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/1/) - next →: [Soft words for hard things: religion a…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/)