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title: A real apology names what you did, says sorry, shows you understand… — Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays b… · tree and pragmatics
description: A real apology names what you did, says sorry, shows you understand the hurt, offers to fix it and promises to change; "soz" in a text or a sorry muttered at your shoes is only the start. Who acts: real apology, you. A sentence of the lesson «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» of t
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# Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back, sentence 2

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A real apology names what you did, says sorry, shows you understand the hurt, offers to fix it and promises to change; "soz" in a text or a sorry muttered at your shoes is only the start.

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**Who acts:** real apology, you · **What happens:** name, do, say, show, understand, offer · **To what, where:** sorry, hurt, shoes, start · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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 (real apology, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:090-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back.lesson:2
# text = A real apology names what you did, says sorry, shows you understand the hurt, offers to fix it and promises to change; "soz" in a text or a sorry muttered at your shoes is only the start.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 090-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back.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): R3-conj-first ×2, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	names	name	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=9:conj
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hurt	hurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=9:conj
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:advcl
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	promises	promise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	_
28	soz	soz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:obl
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:det
35	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:amod
36	muttered	mutter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=35:advcl
37	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
40	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
41	only	only	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **name** | present | a real apology |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a real apology *not said here* | sorry |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
| 4 | **show** | present | a real apology *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **understand** | present | you | the hurt |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hurt=Stimulus |
| 6 | **offer** | present | a real apology *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a real apology *not said here* | hurt |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | a real apology *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 9 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a real apology *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  | your shoes |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **is a** | present | a real apology *not said here* | the start |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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): R3-conj-first ×2, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-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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