--- title: For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry i… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics description: For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry is where change begins, a friend who tells you the truth is a gift, and wisdom has to be lived, not only known. Who acts: this, heroes, change, friend. 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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 (this, heroes, change, friend), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:009-king-david-and-king-solomon.lesson:4 # text = For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry is where change begins, a friend who tells you the truth is a gift, and wisdom has to be lived, not only known. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 009-king-david-and-king-solomon.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 wrong wrong ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 18 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:advcl 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | this | | | | | for a child today | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | can | heroes | a honest sorry | | | | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | change | | | | | begin *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a friend | the truth | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient truth=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | present | a friend | a gift | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | wisdom | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | to-infinitive · passive | wisdom *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **not** **know** | participle | wisdom *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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:religion-ethics:009-king-david-and-king-solomon.lesson:4`. **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): 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [King David and King Solomon, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/3/) - next →: [King David and King Solomon, 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/5/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/)