--- title: Many people see this as mercy, a last kindness that stops suffering;… — The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye · tree and pragmatics description: Many people see this as mercy, a last kindness that stops suffering; Christians often say caring for an animal includes not letting it suffer, while Buddhists and some others feel very uneasy about ending any life, and good people can feel differently. 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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 (Many people, last kindness, Christians, caring), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:056-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye.lesson:3 # text = Many people see this as mercy, a last kindness that stops suffering; Christians often say caring for an animal includes not letting it suffer, while Buddhists and some others feel very uneasy about ending any life, and good people can feel differently. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 056-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye.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): R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 suffering suffer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 caring care VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 csubj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 includes include VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 xcomp _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 while while SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 Buddhists Buddhist PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=33:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 33 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 about about SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 ending end VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 46 differently differently ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Many people | this | | | | as mercy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus as mercy=Attribute | | 2 | **stop** | present | a last kindness | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **suffer** | gerund | a last kindness *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Christians | | | | | often *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **care** | gerund | | | | | | for a animal | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for animal=Theme | | 6 | **include** | present | caring | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **let** | gerund | caring *not said here* | animal | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **suffer** | infinitive | animal *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **feel** | present | Buddhists and some others | | | | | uneasy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **end** | gerund | Buddhists and some others *not said here* | any life | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality | | 11 | **feel** | can | good people | | | | | differently *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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:056-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye.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): R8-pos-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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