--- title: Ned bursts into the classroom in his plastic helmet with two huge ho… — Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages · tree and pragmatics description: Ned bursts into the classroom in his plastic helmet with two huge horns, roaring "Vikings wore these so enemies wet themselves!" And the Middle Ages of the story books are just as wild: everybody filthy, everybody dead at thirty, knights so heavy they were winched onto their horses by crane, and peo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/0/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/) / [Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/) / 0 # Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages, sentence 0 Ned bursts into the classroom in his plastic helmet with two huge horns, roaring "Vikings wore these so enemies wet themselves!" And the Middle Ages of the story books are just as wild: everybody filthy, everybody dead at thirty, knights so heavy they were winched onto their horses by crane, and people who thought you'd fall off the edge of a flat Earth. **Who acts:** Ned, Vikings, so enemies, Middle Ages, people, you · **What happens:** burst, roar, wear, wet, be, winch · **To what, where:** classroom, enemies, Ages, edge · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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 (Ned, Vikings, so enemies, Middle Ages), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:018-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages.lesson:0 # text = Ned bursts into the classroom in his plastic helmet with two huge horns, roaring "Vikings wore these so enemies wet themselves!" And the Middle Ages of the story books are just as wild: everybody filthy, everybody dead at thirty, knights so heavy they were winched onto their horses by crane, and people who thought you'd fall off the edge of a flat Earth. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 018-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages.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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Ned ned PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bursts burst VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=17:punct 17 Vikings viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=18:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 18 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 so so ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wet wet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Middle Middle ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Ages Age PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 37 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 filthy filthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 parataxis _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 winched winch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 onto onto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 parataxis _ _ 61 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 ccomp _ _ 66 off off ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | present | Ned | | | the classroom | | in Ned's plastic helmet with two huge horns | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in helmet=Location | | 2 | **roar** | gerund | Ned *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wear** *in a quote* | past | Vikings | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wet** *in a quote* | present | this so enemies | enemies *= enemy* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | the Middle Ages of the story books | | | | | wild *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **winch** | past · passive | | Ages *= age* | | | | onto Ages's horses; by crane | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | people | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **fall off** | would | you | the edge of a flat Earth | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient edge=Extent | 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:018-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages.lesson:0`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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: [Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/18/) - next →: [Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/)