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title: In Bradford, Hamid goes to a wedding with 300 guests and gets his ch… — Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row no… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Bradford, Hamid goes to a wedding with 300 guests and gets his cheeks pinched by about 20 aunties: «Mashallah, so big now!» («Mashallah» is said to admire something good, and means roughly «God has willed it».) He's fed up, but smiles: it is love, just very squeezy love. Who acts: Hamid, cheeks, 
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# Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains, sentence 12

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In Bradford, Hamid goes to a wedding with 300 guests and gets his cheeks pinched by about 20 aunties: «Mashallah, so big now!» («Mashallah» is said to admire something good, and means roughly «God has willed it».) He's fed up, but smiles: it is love, just very squeezy love.

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**Who acts:** Hamid, cheeks, God, wedding · **What happens:** go, get, pinch, say, admire, mean · **To what, where:** Bradford, cheeks, Mashallah, something, wedding, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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 (Hamid, cheeks, God, wedding), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:everyday:511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains.lesson:12
# text = In Bradford, Hamid goes to a wedding with 300 guests and gets his cheeks pinched by about 20 aunties: «Mashallah, so big now!» («Mashallah» is said to admire something good, and means roughly «God has willed it».) He's fed up, but smiles: it is love, just very squeezy love.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = everyday
# lesson = 511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Bradford	Bradford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Hamid	Hamid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	pinched	pinch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:acl
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	about	about	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	aunties	auntie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
22	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Mashallah	Mashallah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	_
27	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
28	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct
29	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
30	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	35	punct	_	_
31	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct
32	Mashallah	Mashallah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	_
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	admire	admire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	xcomp	_	_
38	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	37	obj	_	_
39	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:parataxis
43	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
45	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
46	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	willed	will	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	ccomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=42:conj
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
51	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	_
52	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
55	up	up	ADP	RP	_	54	compound:prt	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=54:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
59	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	_
60	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	cop	_	_
62	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	just	just	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=66:advmod
65	very	very	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	squeezy	squeezy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=62:appos
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=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 | **go** | present | Hamid |  |  | Bradford |  | to a wedding with 300 guests | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wedding=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** | present | Hamid *not said here* | Hamid's cheeks |  |  |  | Mashallah *obl* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pinch** | participle | Hamid's cheeks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by 20 aunties | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent by auntie=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Mashallah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **admire** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 6 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | roughly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **will** *in a quote* | present · perfect | God | wedding |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 8 | **feed up** | present · passive |  | God |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 9 | **smile** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is a** | present | wedding | love |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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.

See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/).

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