--- title: The way to put a myth right is the scientist's way: ask what the ani… — Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemm… · tree and pragmatics description: The way to put a myth right is the scientist's way: ask what the animal really does, test it fairly, and look at who first told the story and why. Who acts: way, animal. 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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 (way, animal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:295-animal-myths-put-right-elephants-and-mice-lemmings-ostriches-and-goldfish.lesson:4 # text = The way to put a myth right is the scientist's way: ask what the animal really does, test it fairly, and look at who first told the story and why. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 295-animal-myths-put-right-elephants-and-mice-lemmings-ostriches-and-goldfish.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 scientist scientist NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=14:punct 21 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=21:conj 27 at at SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 advmod _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | to-infinitive | the way *not said here* | a myth | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent myth=Goal | | 2 | **is a** | present | the way | the scientist's way | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | present | the animal | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **test** | infinitive | | way | | | | fairly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | the story | | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | 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:295-animal-myths-put-right-elephants-and-mice-lemmings-ostriches-and-goldfish.lesson:4`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×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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