--- title: The Bible says there is «a time to be born and a time to die»; Chris… — Getting old: how long people and animals live · tree and pragmatics description: The Bible says there is «a time to be born and a time to die»; Christians see old age as part of the life God gives, not a punishment, and every faith teaches respect for the old. Who acts: Bible, time, Christians, God. 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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 (Bible, time, Christians, God), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:052-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live.lesson:3 # text = The Bible says there is «a time to be born and a time to die»; Christians see old age as part of the life God gives, not a punishment, and every faith teaches respect for the old. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 052-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live.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 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 teaches teach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:obl 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **does** | present | a time and a time | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | a time and a time *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a time and a time *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **see** | present | Christians | old age | | | | as part of the life | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer age=Stimulus as part=Attribute | | 6 | **give** | present | God | a punishment | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | every faith | respect | | | | for the old | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient | 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:052-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live.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 ×1, R6-punct-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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