--- title: Ellie visits her great-aunt in a hospice, a calm place that cares fo… — Kindness to the dying and visiting the old · tree and pragmatics description: Ellie visits her great-aunt in a hospice, a calm place that cares for people who are dying, and worries «what do I say? she can hardly talk»; but she does not need many words: holding a hand, smiling, reading aloud or showing a drawing can mean a lot, and hearing is thought to be one of the last sen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/0/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / [Kindness to the dying and visiting the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/) / 0 # Kindness to the dying and visiting the old, sentence 0 Ellie visits her great-aunt in a hospice, a calm place that cares for people who are dying, and worries «what do I say? she can hardly talk»; but she does not need many words: holding a hand, smiling, reading aloud or showing a drawing can mean a lot, and hearing is thought to be one of the last senses to fade. **Who acts:** Ellie, calm place, people, I, holding · **What happens:** visit, care, die, worry, say, talk · **To what, where:** great aunt, hospice, many words, hand, drawing, lot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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 (Ellie, calm place, people, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:077-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old.lesson:0 # text = Ellie visits her great-aunt in a hospice, a calm place that cares for people who are dying, and worries «what do I say? she can hardly talk»; but she does not need many words: holding a hand, smiling, reading aloud or showing a drawing can mean a lot, and hearing is thought to be one of the last senses to fade. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 077-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old.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, R6-punct-agree ×2 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 visits visit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hospice hospice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=24:punct 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 worries worry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 « « PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=23:punct 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 34 » » PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 44 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 csubj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 smiling smile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 conj _ _ 51 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=44:conj 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 conj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 cop _ _ 67 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 xcomp _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 senses sense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nmod _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 fade fade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 acl _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | present | Ellie | Ellie's great aunt | | a hospice | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aunt=Co-Agent | | 2 | **care** | present | a calm place | | | | | for people | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for people=Theme | | 3 | **die** | present · progressive | people | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **worry** | present | a calm place *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **talk** *in a quote* | can | Ellie | | | | | hardly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Ellie | many words | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | gerund | | a hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 9 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **show** | gerund | | a drawing | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent drawing=Recipient | | 12 | **mean** | can | holding | a lot | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | | 13 | **think** *speech: other* | present · passive | | hearing | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 14 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | one | | | | of the last senses | tree rules | | 15 | **fade** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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. 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