--- title: What he came to understand: sadness or worry that goes on for weeks… — Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away · tree and pragmatics description: What he came to understand: sadness or worry that goes on for weeks is a sign to get help, not something to hide; you don't need a "big reason"; asking for help is strong, not dramatic, and doctors and counsellors help children with this every day. Who acts: gran, sadness, you, asking. 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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 (gran, sadness, you, asking), 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:5 # text = What he came to understand: sadness or worry that goes on for weeks is a sign to get help, not something to hide; you don't need a "big reason"; asking for help is strong, not dramatic, and doctors and counsellors help children with this every day. # 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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl _ _ 20 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 33 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 csubj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=41:parataxis 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=41:parataxis 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=51:nmod 54 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | gran | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | gran *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **go on** | present | sadness or worry | | | | week | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | sadness or worry | a sign | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | gran *not said here* | help | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent help=Beneficiary something=Theme | | 6 | **hide** | to-infinitive | gran *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | you | a big reason | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot reason=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | asking | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **be** | | asking *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **help** | present | doctors and counsellors | | children | | day | with this | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary with this=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:reflection:029-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away.lesson:5`. **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 ×1, 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. 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