--- title: The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be ve… — Life and death: putting it all together · tree and pragmatics description: The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died you can simply say «I'm sorry» and then be a normal friend; funerals are less scary once you know what happens; and grief comes back on birthdays and holidays, in waves that slow --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/1/) [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/) / [Life and death: putting it all together](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/) / 1 # Life and death: putting it all together, sentence 1 The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died you can simply say «I'm sorry» and then be a normal friend; funerals are less scary once you know what happens; and grief comes back on birthdays and holidays, in waves that slowly get gentler. **Who acts:** answers, pet, parent, you, I, funerals · **What happens:** gather, be, die, say, know, happen · **To what, where:** whole journey, normal friend, birthdays · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Life and death: putting it all together» 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 (answers, pet, parent, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:080-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together.lesson:1 # text = The children's answers gather the whole journey: it is okay to be very sad when a pet dies; to a friend whose parent died you can simply say «I'm sorry» and then be a normal friend; funerals are less scary once you know what happens; and grief comes back on birthdays and holidays, in waves that slowly get gentler. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 080-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 expl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:nsubj 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 csubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:ccomp 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 simply simply ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 « « PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 36 » » PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=42:punct 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 funerals funeral NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 48 once once SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 nsubj _ _ 52 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 57 back back ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 65 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 66 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=64:acl:relcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 68 gentler gentle ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 67 xcomp _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | present | the children's answers | the whole journey | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | okay *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **die** | present | a pet | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **die** | past | parent | | | | | to a friend | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | | | | | simply *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a normal friend | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | funerals | | | | | less, scary *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **come back** | present | grief | | | birthdays and holidays | | in waves | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on birthday=Location | | 13 | **get** | present | waves | | | | | gentle, slowly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **answer** | | the children | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:080-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together.lesson:1`. **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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1. **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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