--- title: Jesus taught that when someone does wrong you can first go to them o… — Whistle-blowing: when to tell · tree and pragmatics description: Jesus taught that when someone does wrong you can first go to them on your own (Matthew 18:15), but when someone is in danger you go straight to a trusted adult; the Bible also says "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs 31:8). Who acts: Jesus, someone, you, Bible. 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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 (Jesus, someone, you, Bible), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:045-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell.lesson:3 # text = Jesus taught that when someone does wrong you can first go to them on your own (Matthew 18:15), but when someone is in danger you go straight to a trusted adult; the Bible also says "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs 31:8). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 045-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 6 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 7 wrong wrong NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Matthew Matthew PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 19 18:15 18:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 flat _ _ 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:conj 30 straight straight ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 also also ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 41 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:xcomp 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 obl _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 46 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obl _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=53:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Proverbs proverb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 dep _ _ 54 31:8 31:8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 flat _ _ 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | Jesus | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | present | someone | wrong | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality | | 3 | **go** | can | you | | sheds *= shed* | your own | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | present | someone | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | present | you | | | | | to a trusted adult | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to adult=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **speak up** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | for those | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | can | | | | | | for sheds *= shed* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:045-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell.lesson:3`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Whistle-blowing: when to tell, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/2/) - next →: [Whistle-blowing: when to tell, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/)