--- title: Over the year the heavy days got fewer; she still has bad days, but… — Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and l… · tree and pragmatics description: Over the year the heavy days got fewer; she still has bad days, but they don't last as long; what helped was Mum, her counsellor, her new friends and her diary; what didn't was the thought that it would last forever, because that "forever" turned out to be wrong. 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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 (heavy days, friend, they, Mum), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:030-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back.lesson:2 # text = Over the year the heavy days got fewer; she still has bad days, but they don't last as long; what helped was Mum, her counsellor, her new friends and her diary; what didn't was the thought that it would last forever, because that "forever" turned out to be wrong. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 030-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back.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, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 25 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 csubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:appos 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 diary diary NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 forever forever ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 because because SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=52:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:ExtPos=ADP 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 obl _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=56:punct 54 forever forever ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 56 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=48:conj 57 out out ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=56:compound:prt|HaikuPos=PART:RP:_ 58 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 60 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the heavy days | | | | year | few *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | present | friend | | | | still; day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **last** | present · do-support | they | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **help** | past | Mum and friend's counsellor and friend's new friends and friend's diary and the thought | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | they *not said here* | Mum and friend's counsellor and friend's new friends and friend's diary and the thought | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is a** | past · do-support | friend's diary and the thought | the thought | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **last** | would | thought | the thought *not said here* | | | | forever *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme thought=Value | | 8 | **turn out** | past | thought *not said here* | that | | | | forever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | thought *not said here* | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | 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:030-getting-through-it-who-helps-what-helps-and-looking-back.lesson:2`. **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, R6-punct-agree ×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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