--- title: Lightning myths are the ones that matter most, because a wrong idea… — Weather, lightning and storms · tree and pragmatics description: Lightning myths are the ones that matter most, because a wrong idea can put you in danger: a tree feels like shelter from rain, but trees attract lightning; lying flat feels safe, but it isn't. Who acts: Lightning myths, ones, wrong idea, tree. 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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 (Lightning myths, ones, wrong idea, tree), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:015-weather-lightning-and-storms.lesson:3 # text = Lightning myths are the ones that matter most, because a wrong idea can put you in danger: a tree feels like shelter from rain, but trees attract lightning; lying flat feels safe, but it isn't. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 015-weather-lightning-and-storms.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 myths myth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 attract attract VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 nsubj _ _ 34 flat flat ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 feels feel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 36 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VBZ:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Lightning myths | the ones | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **matter** | present | the ones | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **put** | can | a wrong idea | you | | danger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme in danger=Destination | | 4 | **feel** | present | a tree | | | | | like shelter from rain | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like shelter=Theme | | 5 | **attract** | present | trees | lightning | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | | | | | | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **feel** | | | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | 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:myths:015-weather-lightning-and-storms.lesson:3`. **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): 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Weather, lightning and storms, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/15-weather-lightning-and-storms/2/) - next →: [Weather, lightning and storms, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/15-weather-lightning-and-storms/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/15-weather-lightning-and-storms/)