--- title: Connor's mum says, «A friend who's embarrassed to be seen with you i… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics description: Connor's mum says, «A friend who's embarrassed to be seen with you isn't the friend you need, love.» Maddie notices her friend Ellie ignores her whenever the netball team's around; she tells Ellie, and Ellie, who hadn't noticed, says sorry and starts saying hi even with the team. 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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 (mum, friend, you, Maddie), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group.lesson:21 # text = Connor's mum says, «A friend who's embarrassed to be seen with you isn't the friend you need, love.» Maddie notices her friend Ellie ignores her whenever the netball team's around; she tells Ellie, and Ellie, who hadn't noticed, says sorry and starts saying hi even with the team. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 Connor Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nmod:poss|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 7 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:parataxis|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 25 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 27 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 notices notice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 32 ignores ignore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=32:obj|HaikuPos=PRON:PRP$:Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 netball netball NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 around around ADV RB _ 32 advcl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 43 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:acl:relcl 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 54 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:conj 57 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 xcomp _ _ 58 hi hi INTJ UH _ 57 discourse _ _ 59 even even ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Connor's mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a friend | | | | | embarrassed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | a friend *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | a friend | the friend | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **need** *in a quote* | present | you | the friend *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **notice** | present | Maddie | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **ignore** | present | friend's friend | Maddie | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **is** | present | the netball team | | | | | around *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | friend | | Ellie and Ellie | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ellie=Recipient | | 11 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect | Ellie | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present | friend *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **start** | present | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 14 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | friend *not said here* | | | | | with the team | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with team=Manner | 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:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group.lesson:21`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Nice alone, mean in a group, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/20/) - next →: [Nice alone, mean in a group, 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/22/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/)