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title: What he slowly understood: the crowd that chanted forgets fast, reve… — The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape · tree and pragmatics
description: What he slowly understood: the crowd that chanted forgets fast, revenge would only start round two, and being strong is not the same as winning a fight; his older cousin told him, "Real hard men walk away," and a boxing club, where fighting has rules, helped more than the night-time plans. Who acts:
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# The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape, sentence 4

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What he slowly understood: the crowd that chanted forgets fast, revenge would only start round two, and being strong is not the same as winning a fight; his older cousin told him, "Real hard men walk away," and a boxing club, where fighting has rules, helped more than the night-time plans.

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**Who acts:** head, crowd, revenge, strong, older cousin, Real hard men · **What happens:** understand, chant, forget, start, be, not be · **To what, where:** two, fight, head, rules · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection 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 (head, crowd, revenge, strong), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:reflection:018-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape.lesson:4
# text = What he slowly understood: the crowd that chanted forgets fast, revenge would only start round two, and being strong is not the same as winning a fight; his older cousin told him, "Real hard men walk away," and a boxing club, where fighting has rules, helped more than the night-time plans.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = reflection
# lesson = 018-the-fight-i-lost-and-the-bullying-i-cant-escape.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	chanted	chant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
17	round	round	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=22:punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=16:cc
21	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	cop	_	_
22	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	34	amod	_	_
34	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	iobj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	_
39	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj	_	_
42	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	ccomp	_	_
43	away	away	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	boxing	boxing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=53:nsubj
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	52	advmod	_	_
52	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=53:advcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
53	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
54	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	ccomp	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=53:conj
57	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	56	advmod	_	_
58	than	than	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
60	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
61	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	_
62	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	_
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past | head |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chant** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **forget** | present | the crowd |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **start** | would | revenge | two |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Eventuality |
| 5 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **is** | present | strong |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **win** | gerund | strong *not said here* | a fight |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | head's older cousin |  | head |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 9 | **walk away** *in a quote* | infinitive | Real hard men |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **have** | present | fighting | rules |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 11 | **help** | past | a boxing club |  |  |  |  | than the time plans | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-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.

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