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title: But each time, you must put it right.» Mum said the same in her own… — Confession, prayer and making amends at church · tree and pragmatics
description: But each time, you must put it right.» Mum said the same in her own way, and added: «Habits change slowly — fewer silly friends, and more to do than to sit about idle.» Nathan said sorry to Mrs Doyle at her door, painted her porch with Dad over two Saturdays, and walked her dog after school for a mo
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# Confession, prayer and making amends at church, sentence 10

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But each time, you must put it right.» Mum said the same in her own way, and added: «Habits change slowly — fewer silly friends, and more to do than to sit about idle.» Nathan said sorry to Mrs Doyle at her door, painted her porch with Dad over two Saturdays, and walked her dog after school for a month.

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**Who acts:** you, Mum, Habits, Nathan · **What happens:** put, say, add, change, do, sit · **To what, where:** Forgiveness, same, own way, Mrs, porch, dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday 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 (you, Mum, Habits, Nathan), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church.lesson:10
# text = But each time, you must put it right.» Mum said the same in her own way, and added: «Habits change slowly — fewer silly friends, and more to do than to sit about idle.» Nathan said sorry to Mrs Doyle at her door, painted her porch with Dad over two Saturdays, and walked her dog after school for a month.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = everyday
# lesson = 365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×3
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:::_
12	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct
25	Habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	ccomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:obj
27	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
28	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	amod	_	_
30	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=26:conj
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
37	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
40	about	about	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	obl	_	_
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
43	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=45:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:::_
44	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=22:conj
46	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	xcomp	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	flat	_	_
50	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=48:punct
54	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=56:nmod|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing
59	over	over	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	61	nummod	_	_
61	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=54:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
65	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
67	after	after	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
69	for	for	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | must | you | Forgiveness |  |  | time |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mum | the same |  | Mum's own way |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **change** | present | Habits |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | Habits *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **sit** | to-infinitive | Habits *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about idle | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about idle=Location |
| 7 | **say** *speech: apologize* *in a quote* | past | Nathan |  | Mrs at Mum's door |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mrs=Recipient |
| 8 | **paint** *in a quote* | past | Nathan *not said here* | Mum's porch |  |  | saturday | with Dad | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent porch=Destination with dad=Theme |
| 9 | **walk** *in a quote* | past | Nathan *not said here* | Mum's dog |  |  | after school; month |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent |

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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.

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**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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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.

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