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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 (person, families, great heat, body), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:063-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave.lesson:0 # text = After a person dies, families care for the body in one of two main ways: burial, where the coffin is lowered into a grave, or cremation, where the body is turned to soft grey ashes by great heat at a crematorium; the person cannot feel anything, because their body has already stopped working. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 063-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave.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, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 burial burial NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 lowered lower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:parataxis 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 cremation cremation NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:conj 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 40 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 crematorium crematorium NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 53 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 52 obj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 because because SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 58 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 already already ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 61 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 xcomp _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | a person | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **care** | present | families | | | | | for the body; in one of two main ways and burial | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for body=Theme | | 3 | **lower** | present · passive | | the coffin | | a grave or cremation | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into grave=Destination | | 4 | **turn** | present · passive | great heat at a crematorium | the body | | soft grey ashes | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ash=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **feel** | can | the person | anything | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 6 | **stop** | present · perfect | families's body | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **work** | gerund | families's body *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:religion-ethics:063-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave.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 ×1, R7-rel-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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