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title: That night he cried into his pillow so his brother wouldn't hear; fo… — I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: That night he cried into his pillow so his brother wouldn't hear; for two weeks he didn't want to touch a football and hid his boots under the bed; after a month his coach asked him to take a penalty in training, and he scored; he still thinks about the final, but it has become a memory, not a wound
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# I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark, sentence 4

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That night he cried into his pillow so his brother wouldn't hear; for two weeks he didn't want to touch a football and hid his boots under the bed; after a month his coach asked him to take a penalty in training, and he scored; he still thinks about the final, but it has become a memory, not a wound.

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**Who acts:** Bottom, brother, coach, penalty · **What happens:** cry, not hear, not want, touch, hide, ask · **To what, where:** pillow, football, boots, bed, Bottom, penalty

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This is a sentence of the lesson «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bottom, brother, coach, penalty), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:reflection:024-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark.lesson:4
# text = That night he cried into his pillow so his brother wouldn't hear; for two weeks he didn't want to touch a football and hid his boots under the bed; after a month his coach asked him to take a penalty in training, and he scored; he still thinks about the final, but it has become a memory, not a wound.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = reflection
# lesson = 024-i-failed-the-missed-penalty-the-lost-race-the-bad-mark.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
30	under	under	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	after	after	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
39	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=50:punct
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	still	still	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
55	about	about	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	obl	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=54:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
60	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	54	conj	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	xcomp	_	_
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	_
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Bottom |  |  | Bottom's pillow | night |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into pillow=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | would | Bottom's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | brother |  |  |  | week |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | a football |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme football=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **hide** | past | Bottom *not said here* | Bottom's boots |  | the bed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boot=Patient under bed=Location |
| 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Bottom's coach |  | Bottom |  | month |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bottom's coach *not said here* | a penalty |  | training |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent penalty=Value in training=Location |
| 8 | **score** | past | coach |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **think** *speech: other* | present | coach |  |  |  | still | about the final | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about final=Topic |
| 10 | **become** | present · perfect | penalty | a memory and a wound |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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**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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, 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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