--- title: A boy in Austin who is worried about his parents arguing tells his t… — Questions, group work and the adults at school · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Austin who is worried about his parents arguing tells his teacher, and the worry feels lighter; but if an adult ever asks him to keep a secret that makes him uncomfortable, he tells a parent or another trusted adult. Who acts: boy, parents, worry, adult. 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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 (boy, parents, worry, adult), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.lesson:4 # text = A boy in Austin who is worried about his parents arguing tells his teacher, and the worry feels lighter; but if an adult ever asks him to keep a secret that makes him uncomfortable, he tells a parent or another trusted adult. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.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 ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Austin Austin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 about about SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 arguing argue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBR:Degree=Cmp 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 uncomfortable uncomfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 44 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | a boy in Austin | | | | | worried *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | boy's parents | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Austin | | boy's teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | | 4 | **feel** | present | the worry | | | | | light *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a adult | | worry | | ever | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* | a secret | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme | | 7 | **make** | present | a secret | worry | | | | uncomfortable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | worry | | a parent or another trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | | 9 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «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](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:256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school.lesson:4`. **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 ×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. 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