--- title: Some people feel numb, as if they were in a bubble; some feel it in… — Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb · tree and pragmatics description: Some people feel numb, as if they were in a bubble; some feel it in the body, with tummy aches or nights without sleep; and tears can arrive a month later, in the middle of a maths lesson, out of nowhere. Who acts: people, some, tears. 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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 (people, some, tears), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:066-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb.lesson:2 # text = Some people feel numb, as if they were in a bubble; some feel it in the body, with tummy aches or nights without sleep; and tears can arrive a month later, in the middle of a maths lesson, out of nowhere. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 066-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 numb numb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bubble bubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:nsubj|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Ind 15 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 aches ache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 without without ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=15:conj 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 maths math NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=43:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 43 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 48 . . 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 | **feel** | present | some people | | | | | numb *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | people | | | a bubble | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | present | some | Grief | | the body | | with tummy aches without sleep or nights | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in body=Location | | 4 | **arrive** | can | tears | | | the middle of a maths lesson | | late, nowhere *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:066-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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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