--- title: A bucket list is a list of things someone wants to do before they di… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics description: A bucket list is a list of things someone wants to do before they die; the name comes from the saying «kick the bucket», meaning «die». Who acts: bucket list, someone, things, innings. 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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 (bucket list, someone, things, innings), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:076-living-well-because-life-is-short.lesson:15 # text = A bucket list is a list of things someone wants to do before they die; the name comes from the saying «kick the bucket», meaning «die». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 076-living-well-because-life-is-short.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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:advcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 « « PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:xcomp 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 » » PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=19:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 meaning mean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 advcl _ _ 30 « « PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 31 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 » » PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=10:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a bucket list | a list | | | | of things | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | someone | things *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | things *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **die** | present | innings *= inning* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **come** | present | the name | | | the saying | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from saying=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **kick** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the bucket | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient | | 7 | **mean** | gerund | the name *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **die** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | the name *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:076-living-well-because-life-is-short.lesson:15`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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