--- title: A little burial in the garden is a way for people to say goodbye and… — Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too… · tree and pragmatics description: A little burial in the garden is a way for people to say goodbye and thank you; the animal does not need it, but people often feel better afterwards, and it can have a prayer, a poem, a song or just a quiet moment. Who acts: little burial, people, animal. 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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 (little burial, people, animal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:057-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon.lesson:0 # text = A little burial in the garden is a way for people to say goodbye and thank you; the animal does not need it, but people often feel better afterwards, and it can have a prayer, a poem, a song or just a quiet moment. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 057-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon.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 ×4 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:nmod 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 14 goodbye goodbye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 often often ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:parataxis 30 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 xcomp _ _ 31 afterwards afterward ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:parataxis 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 just just ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a little burial in the garden | a way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | people | goodbye | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | infinitive | people *not said here* | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | the animal | goodbye | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | present | people | | | | | afterward, good, often *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | can | animal | a prayer and a poem and a song or a quiet moment | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Patient | 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:057-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon.lesson:0`. **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 ×4. **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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