--- title: Dung beetles roll balls of dung away from the pile to eat and to fee… — Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their drop… · tree and pragmatics description: Dung beetles roll balls of dung away from the pile to eat and to feed their young, and scientists found that some use the Milky Way and the Moon to keep a straight line at night; they went straight even under a starry sky in a planetarium, a dome-shaped room that shows the night sky on its ceiling. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/12/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / [Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/) / 12 # Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals, sentence 12 Dung beetles roll balls of dung away from the pile to eat and to feed their young, and scientists found that some use the Milky Way and the Moon to keep a straight line at night; they went straight even under a starry sky in a planetarium, a dome-shaped room that shows the night sky on its ceiling. **Who acts:** Dung beetles, scientists, some, shaped room · **What happens:** roll, eat, feed, find, use, keep · **To what, where:** young, Milky Way, straight line, starry sky, night sky, ceiling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» of the biology 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 (Dung beetles, scientists, some, shaped room), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals.lesson:12 # text = Dung beetles roll balls of dung away from the pile to eat and to feed their young, and scientists found that some use the Milky Way and the Moon to keep a straight line at night; they went straight even under a starry sky in a planetarium, a dome-shaped room that shows the night sky on its ceiling. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals.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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 Dung dung NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=4:nsubj 3 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 balls ball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dung dung NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 young young NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 nsubj _ _ 24 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Milky milky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Way Way PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=24:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=27:conj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 straight straight ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 starry starry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 planetarium planetarium NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 52 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ _ 54 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=55:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 55 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=4:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | | Dung beetles | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feed** | to-infinitive | | balls's young | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Recipient | | 4 | **find** | past | scientists | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **use** | present | some | the Milky Way and the Moon | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | a straight line | | | night | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Scientists *= scientist* | | | a starry sky in a planetarium | | straight *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sky=Location | | 8 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 9 | **show** | present | a shaped room | the night sky | | beetle's ceiling | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sky=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:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals.lesson:12`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3. **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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