--- title: It is okay to say no to any adult, even one you know, if what they a… — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics description: It is okay to say no to any adult, even one you know, if what they ask makes you feel unsafe; being safe matters more than being polite. Who acts: you, signs. 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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 (you, signs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:019-uh-oh-feeling.lesson:3 # text = It is okay to say no to any adult, even one you know, if what they ask makes you feel unsafe; being safe matters more than being polite. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 019-uh-oh-feeling.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): R7-rel-agree ×3 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 appos _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 unsafe unsafe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 csubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:nsubj 27 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 29 than than SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=31:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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** | present | | | | | | okay *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | no | any adult | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to adult=Recipient | | 3 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | signs *= sign* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unsafe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **matter** | present | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | polite *property* | 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:everyday:019-uh-oh-feeling.lesson:3`. **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): R7-rel-agree ×3. **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: [Your uh-oh feeling, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/2/) - next →: [Your uh-oh feeling, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/)