--- title: When the hyaenas returned to their homes the little hyaena said to h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the hyaenas returned to their homes the little hyaena said to her father: ‘Father, our tribe has very nearly been swept away, and all this has been the work of a tiny creature dressed in the lion’s skin.’ Who acts: hyaenas, little hyaena, this. 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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 (hyaenas, little hyaena, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg5615:36:24 # text = When the hyaenas returned to their homes the little hyaena said to her father: ‘Father, our tribe has very nearly been swept away, and all this has been the work of a tiny creature dressed in the lion’s skin.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hyaenas hyaena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hyaena hyaena NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the hyaenas | | | | | to hyaenas's homes *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little hyaena | | | | | to beast's father | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to father=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **sweep away** | present · perfect · passive | | Father | | | | away, nearly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present · perfect | this | all work | | | | of a tiny creature | tree rules | | 5 | **dress** | participle | | a tiny creature *not said here* | | the lion's skin | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. **Text:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/25/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)