--- title: Then use words, not hands: say how you feel with an «I» sentence («I… — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics description: Then use words, not hands: say how you feel with an «I» sentence («I feel upset when you take my pens without asking»), and then listen to the other side without interrupting. Who acts: you, I. 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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, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:054-solving-disagreements-calmly.lesson:2 # text = Then use words, not hands: say how you feel with an «I» sentence («I feel upset when you take my pens without asking»), and then listen to the other side without interrupting. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 054-solving-disagreements-calmly.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, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:advcl 12 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=17:punct 15 I I NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:aux 17 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 22 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:advcl 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pens pen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 without without SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 interrupting interrupt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | words and hands | | | then | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **feel** | present | you | | | | | with a I sentence | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | upset *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present | you | my pens | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **listen** | infinitive | | | | | then | to the other side | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme | | 8 | **interrupt** | gerund | | | | | | | 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:054-solving-disagreements-calmly.lesson:2`. **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, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Solving disagreements calmly, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/1/) - next →: [Solving disagreements calmly, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/)