--- title: The story became famous through a 1958 nature film: the film makers… — Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs? · tree and pragmatics description: The story became famous through a 1958 nature film: the film makers brought lemmings in and pushed them off a cliff for the camera, because they believed an old story and wanted a dramatic scene. Who acts: story, film makers, lemmings. 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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 (story, film makers, lemmings), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.lesson:2 # text = The story became famous through a 1958 nature film: the film makers brought lemmings in and pushed them off a cliff for the camera, because they believed an old story and wanted a dramatic scene. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 1958 1958 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 makers maker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:conj 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:parataxis 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the story | | | | | famous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **bring in** | participle | the film makers *not said here* | lemmings | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lemming=Asset | | 3 | **push off** | past | the film makers *not said here* | lemmings *= lemming* | | | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme cliff=Destination | | 4 | **believe** | past | lemmings *= lemming* | a old story | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 5 | **want** | past | lemmings *= lemming* *not said here* | a dramatic scene | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot scene=Theme | 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:biology:150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.lesson:2`. **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): R5-strong ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/1/) - next →: [Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs?, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/)