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description: The most important rule in this lesson: if a friend says or writes that they wish they were dead, or that they don't want to be alive, tell an adult you trust straight away, even if the friend asked you to keep it secret; you can also call Childline on 0800 1111. Who acts: important rule, wishes, yo
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# Promises, memory and keeping each other safe, sentence 4

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The most important rule in this lesson: if a friend says or writes that they wish they were dead, or that they don't want to be alive, tell an adult you trust straight away, even if the friend asked you to keep it secret; you can also call Childline on 0800 1111.

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**Who acts:** important rule, wishes, you, friend · **What happens:** say, write, wish, be, not want, tell · **To what, where:** adult, you, friend, Childline, 0800 1111 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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 (important rule, wishes, you, friend), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:079-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe.lesson:4
# text = The most important rule in this lesson: if a friend says or writes that they wish they were dead, or that they don't want to be alive, tell an adult you trust straight away, even if the friend asked you to keep it secret; you can also call Childline on 0800 1111.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 079-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe.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): no change
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:outer	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
27	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
30	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	xcomp	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
33	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
37	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	away	away	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	even	even	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
41	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	iobj	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	xcomp	_	_
50	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
52	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	also	also	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
55	Childline	Childline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
56	on	on	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	0800	0800	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	58	compound	_	_
58	1111	1111	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	obl	_	_
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	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 | the important rule in this lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | present | the important rule in this lesson *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wish** | present | wishes *= wish* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** | past | wishes *= wish* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | wishes *= wish* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wishes *= wish* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the important rule in this lesson *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 8 | **trust** | present | you | a adult *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme |
| 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the friend |  | you |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 10 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the friend *not said here* | friend |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 11 | **call** | can | you |  | Childline | 0800 1111 |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent childline=Recipient |

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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): no change. **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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