--- title: The vicar speaks in very formal, old words, such as «to remember bef… — The church funeral · tree and pragmatics description: The vicar speaks in very formal, old words, such as «to remember before God our brother Peter, to give thanks for his life and commend him to God», because a funeral is solemn, and some of these words have been said for hundreds of years. Who acts: vicar, funeral. 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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 (vicar, funeral), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:062-the-church-funeral.lesson:2 # text = The vicar speaks in very formal, old words, such as «to remember before God our brother Peter, to give thanks for his life and commend him to God», because a funeral is solemn, and some of these words have been said for hundreds of years. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 062-the-church-funeral.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vicar vicar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 15 advmod _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=20:appos 20 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:obj 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:parataxis 24 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 commend commend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 nsubj:pass _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=48:nsubj:pass|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Ind 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . 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 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the vicar | | | formal old words | | | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | our brother | | | before God | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | thanks | | | | for God's life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme for life=Asset | | 4 | **commend** *in a quote* | infinitive | | vicar | God | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | a funeral | | | | | solemn *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | some | | | | for hundreds of years | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | 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:062-the-church-funeral.lesson:2`. **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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The church funeral, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/62-the-church-funeral/0/) - next →: [The church funeral, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/62-the-church-funeral/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/62-the-church-funeral/)