--- title: You're allowed to say, «Thanks, can we talk about something else?» T… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics description: You're allowed to say, «Thanks, can we talk about something else?» Tiana tries to be extra good so Mum won't be sadder: tidy room, no fuss, all smiles. Who acts: You, we, Tiana, Mum. 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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, we, Tiana, Mum), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died.lesson:25 # text = You're allowed to say, «Thanks, can we talk about something else?» Tiana tries to be extra good so Mum won't be sadder: tidy room, no fuss, all smiles. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 518-when-a-parent-has-died.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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:parataxis 13 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obl _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Tiana Tiana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 24 so so SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=29:nsubj|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 26 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 sadder sad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 advcl _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 tidy tidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 39 . . 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 | **allow** | present · passive | | You | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | can | we | | | | | about something | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic | | 4 | **try** | present | Tiana | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | future | Mum | | | | | sad *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:518-when-a-parent-has-died.lesson:25`. **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 ×1, 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/). - ← previous: [When a parent has died, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/23/) - next →: [When a parent has died, 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/26/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/)