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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 (family, Hindu family, Irish family, neighbours), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:061-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do.lesson:4 # text = Every family has its own customs: a Hindu family may pray at home for thirteen days, an Irish family may hold a wake where neighbours say «sorry for your trouble», a Jewish family may sit shiva; in the Bible, Job's friends did best when they simply sat with him in silence. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 061-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do.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, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 customs custom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Hindu hindu ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:compound|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 10 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 « « PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=30:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 30 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:obj 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 » » PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Jewish Jewish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 41 shiva shiva NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 Job Job PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:conj 51 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 50 advmod _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 simply simply ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=40:advcl 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 . . 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 | **have** | present | every family | family's own customs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Patient | | 2 | **pray** | may | a Hindu family | | | home | day | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **hold** | may | a Irish family | a wake | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wake=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | neighbours | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit** | may | a Jewish family | shiva | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shiva=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past | Job's friends | | | the Bible | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sit** | past | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | silence | | with friend; simply *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location | | 8 | **trouble** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=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. 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