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title: If a friend says they wish they weren't here, or you learn a friend… — Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away · tree and pragmatics
description: If a friend says they wish they weren't here, or you learn a friend is hurting themselves, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if they asked you not to; you can also call a helpline. Who acts: friend, doctor, you. A sentence of the lesson «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» of t
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# Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away, sentence 13

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If a friend says they wish they weren't here, or you learn a friend is hurting themselves, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if they asked you not to; you can also call a helpline.

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**Who acts:** friend, doctor, you · **What happens:** say, wish, not be, learn, hurt, tell · **To what, where:** doctor, trusted adult, you, helpline · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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 (friend, doctor, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:reflection:029-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away.lesson:13
# text = If a friend says they wish they weren't here, or you learn a friend is hurting themselves, tell a trusted adult straight away, even if they asked you not to; you can also call a helpline.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = reflection
# lesson = 029-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away.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	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	ccomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	hurting	hurt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	_
19	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	amod	_	_
24	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	even	even	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
29	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
32	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	fixed	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
37	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	also	also	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	helpline	helpline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	.	.	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wish** | present | doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | doctor |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **learn** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **hurt** | present · progressive | a friend | doctor |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Patient |
| 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a friend *not said here* |  | a trusted adult |  |  | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 7 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | doctor |  | you |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 9 | **call** | can | you | a helpline |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent helpline=Recipient |

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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): 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.

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