--- title: Short parables picture God's kingdom: a tiny mustard seed that grows… — Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more · tree and pragmatics description: Short parables picture God's kingdom: a tiny mustard seed that grows into a large plant where birds nest, a pearl so precious a merchant sells everything for it; and the two builders show that a house on rock stands in the storm while one on sand falls. 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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 (Short parables, tiny mustard seed, birds, merchant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:015-parables-talents-sower-and-more.lesson:2 # text = Short parables picture God's kingdom: a tiny mustard seed that grows into a large plant where birds nest, a pearl so precious a merchant sells everything for it; and the two builders show that a house on rock stands in the storm while one on sand falls. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 015-parables-talents-sower-and-more.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): no change 1 Short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 parables parable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 picture picture VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 mustard mustard NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 19 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 nest nest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nsubj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **picture** | present | Short parables | God's kingdom | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | present | a tiny mustard seed and a pearl | | | | | into a large plant *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into plant=Result | | 3 | **nest** | present | birds | | | | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sell** | present | a merchant | everything | | | | for seed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent everything=Theme for it=Asset | | 5 | **show** | present | the two builders | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **stand** | present | a house on rock | | | the storm | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in storm=Location | | 7 | **fall** | present | one on sand | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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:religion-ethics:015-parables-talents-sower-and-more.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): no change. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Parables: the Talents, the Sower and m…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/1/) - next →: [Parables: the Talents, the Sower and m…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/)