--- title: Isaac is sure the pyramids were built by whipped slaves, Leila knows… — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics description: Isaac is sure the pyramids were built by whipped slaves, Leila knows thumbs down meant death in the arena, and Lucy's cartoon shows cavemen riding dinosaurs. Who acts: Isaac, whipped slaves, Leila, thumbs. 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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 (Isaac, whipped slaves, Leila, thumbs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:021-ancient-times-and-famous-stories.lesson:0 # text = Isaac is sure the pyramids were built by whipped slaves, Leila knows thumbs down meant death in the arena, and Lucy's cartoon shows cavemen riding dinosaurs. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 021-ancient-times-and-famous-stories.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): no change 1 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pyramids pyramid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 whipped whip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 Leila Leila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 down down ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 meant mean VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 arena arena NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 cavemen caveman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Isaac | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **build** | past · passive | whipped slaves | the pyramids | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | | 3 | **whip** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **know** | present | Leila | thumbs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thumb=Stimulus | | 5 | **mean** | past | thumbs *not said here* | death | | | | in the arena; down *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot death=Theme in arena=Attribute | | 6 | **show** | present | Lucy's cartoon | cavemen | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caveman=Recipient | | 7 | **ride** | gerund | cavemen *not said here* | dinosaurs | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme | | 8 | **cartoon** | | Lucy | | | | | | nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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