--- title: Grown-ups say it in their own words: a Welsh mum might be "tamping"… — Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about polit… · tree and pragmatics description: Grown-ups say it in their own words: a Welsh mum might be "tamping" (furious) at the news and then give you a "cwtch" (a cuddle), a Northern gran might call a scared child "nesh" (feels the cold, a bit soft), and an American dad might say "don't have a cow" (calm down). 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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 (Grown ups, Welsh mum, Northern gran, American dad), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:014-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics.lesson:8 # text = Grown-ups say it in their own words: a Welsh mum might be "tamping" (furious) at the news and then give you a "cwtch" (a cuddle), a Northern gran might call a scared child "nesh" (feels the cold, a bit soft), and an American dad might say "don't have a cow" (calm down). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 014-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Welsh welsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:ccomp 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 20 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 31 cwtch cwtch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cuddle cuddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 nesh nesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 50 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:conj 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=56:det 55 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=56:compound 56 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:appos|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=56:punct 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:parataxis 65 " " PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ _ 66 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=68:aux|HaikuPos=AUX:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 64 parataxis _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ _ 72 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 73 punct _ _ 73 calm calm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 64 parataxis _ _ 74 down down ADP RP _ 73 compound:prt _ _ 75 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 73 punct _ _ 76 . . 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 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grown ups | worry | | ups's own words | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | might | a Welsh mum | tamping | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | a Welsh mum *not said here* | | | the news | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | a Welsh mum *not said here* | a cwtch | you | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cwtch=Theme | | 6 | **call** *speech: assert* | might | a Northern gran | | a scared child | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient | | 7 | **feel** | present | | the cold | | | | soft *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | a American dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | a cow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient | | 10 | **calm down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **word** | | ups *= up* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:politics:014-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics.lesson:8`. **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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, 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. 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