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title: Priya says Hindus believe the soul is reborn in a new body, a person… — What other faiths and non-religious people believe · tree and pragmatics
description: Priya says Hindus believe the soul is reborn in a new body, a person or an animal, until it is freed from the cycle (moksha); Mei's Buddhist grandma believes in rebirth until a being reaches nirvana, a peace beyond suffering; Gurpreet says Sikhs believe the soul returns to God like a drop returning 
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# What other faiths and non-religious people believe, sentence 2

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Priya says Hindus believe the soul is reborn in a new body, a person or an animal, until it is freed from the cycle (moksha); Mei's Buddhist grandma believes in rebirth until a being reaches nirvana, a peace beyond suffering; Gurpreet says Sikhs believe the soul returns to God like a drop returning to the ocean.

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**Who acts:** Priya, Hindus, soul, Buddhist grandma, being, Gurpreet · **What happens:** say, believe, be, free, reach, return · **To what, where:** new body, soul, cycle, rebirth, nirvana, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Priya, Hindus, soul, Buddhist grandma), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:073-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe.lesson:2
# text = Priya says Hindus believe the soul is reborn in a new body, a person or an animal, until it is freed from the cycle (moksha); Mei's Buddhist grandma believes in rebirth until a being reaches nirvana, a peace beyond suffering; Gurpreet says Sikhs believe the soul returns to God like a drop returning to the ocean.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 073-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe.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, R8-pos-agree ×2
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=4:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur
4	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	reborn	reborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	freed	free	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:advcl
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	28	punct	_	_
28	moksha	moksha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	28	punct	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	_
32	's	's	PART	POS	_	31	case	_	_
33	Buddhist	Buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:compound|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing
34	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	rebirth	rebirth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
38	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	being	be	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
42	nirvana	nirvana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
46	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	suffering	suffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	Gurpreet	Gurpreet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
51	Sikhs	Sikh	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	52	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=52:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur
52	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	ccomp	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
55	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	ccomp	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
58	like	like	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
61	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	60	acl	_	_
62	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Priya |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **believe** | present | Hindus |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | the soul |  |  | a new body and a person or a animal |  | reborn *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **free** | present · passive |  | soul |  | the cycle |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 5 | **believe** | present | Mei's Buddhist grandma |  |  | rebirth |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **reach** | present | a being | nirvana |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nirvana=Theme |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gurpreet |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **believe** | present | Sikhs |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 9 | **return** | present | the soul |  | God |  |  | like a drop | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to god=Result |
| 10 | **return** | gerund | a drop *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the ocean *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to ocean=Result |

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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.

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**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, 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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