--- title: Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are tre… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics description: Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, being brave like the midwives, and trusting God one day at a time. Who acts: Christians, story, 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 (Christians, story, God), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:006-moses-and-the-exodus.lesson:4 # text = Christians believe this story shows that God sees people who are treated unfairly and sets them free; for a child today it means standing up for the weak, being brave like the midwives, and trusting God one day at a time. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 006-moses-and-the-exodus.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 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 unfairly unfairly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sets set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 22 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 25 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 32 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 midwives midwife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 trusting trust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **believe** | present | Christians | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **show** | present | this story | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present | God | people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 4 | **treat** | present · passive | | people | | | | unfairly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **set** | present | | people | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | | 6 | **mean** | present | story | | | | | for a child today | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **stand up** | gerund | | | | | | for the weak | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | like the midwives; brave *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **trust** | gerund | | God | | | day; time | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=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:006-moses-and-the-exodus.lesson:4`. **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: [Moses and the Exodus, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/3/) - next →: [Moses and the Exodus, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/5/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/)