--- title: Pets cannot tell us in words that they are ill, hurt or sad, so we w… — How pets feel and saying goodbye · tree and pragmatics description: Pets cannot tell us in words that they are ill, hurt or sad, so we watch for changes: a pet that hides much more than usual, snaps when it used to be friendly, or a bird sitting fluffed up and sleepy in the day may be ill. Who acts: Pets, we, pet, it. 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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 (Pets, we, pet, it), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:066-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye.lesson:0 # text = Pets cannot tell us in words that they are ill, hurt or sad, so we watch for changes: a pet that hides much more than usual, snaps when it used to be friendly, or a bird sitting fluffed up and sleepy in the day may be ill. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 066-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye.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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 hurt hurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 watch watch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 much much ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 obj _ _ 29 than than ADP IN _ 30 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 30 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:advcl 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 snaps snap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 fluffed fluff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 parataxis _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 53 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Pets | | us | words | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | Pets *= pet* | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Pets *= pet* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | Pets *= pet* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **watch** | present | we | | | | | for changes a pet | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for change=Theme | | 6 | **hide** | present | a pet | more | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 7 | **snap** | present | a pet *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **use** | past | it | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | friendly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **sit** | gerund | a bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **fluff up** | participle | a bird | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **is** | may | a bird *not said here* | | | | | ill *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:066-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye.lesson:0`. **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): R7-rel-agree ×2. **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: [A pet is a responsibility, 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/22/) - next →: [How pets feel and saying goodbye, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/)