--- title: Grandparents carry family history that only they can tell; listening… — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Grandparents carry family history that only they can tell; listening to their stories and asking questions is a gift to both of you, and if a grandparent becomes forgetful because of an illness like dementia, they still love you and need patience. Who acts: Grandparents, listening, grandparent. 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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 (Grandparents, listening, grandparent), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:096-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families.lesson:0 # text = Grandparents carry family history that only they can tell; listening to their stories and asking questions is a gift to both of you, and if a grandparent becomes forgetful because of an illness like dementia, they still love you and need patience. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 096-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families.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 ×1 1 Grandparents grandparent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 listening listen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ _ 17 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 20 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=20:obl 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 grandparent grandparent NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 forgetful forgetful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 dementia dementia NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 still still ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Grandparents | family history | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Grandparents *= grandparent* | family history | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | | 3 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | to Grandparents's stories | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | listening | a gift | | | | to both | tree rules | | 6 | **become** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a grandparent | | | | | forgetful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **love** | present | Grandparents *= grandparent* | you | | | still | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 8 | **need** | present | Grandparents *= grandparent* *not said here* | patience | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot patience=Theme | 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:096-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families.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 ×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: [A new baby, looking after siblings and…, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/95-babies-siblings-and-parents/20/) - next →: [Grandparents, divorce and step-families, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/)