--- title: That night the two hyaenas told all the rest, saying, ‘Do you know t… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That night the two hyaenas told all the rest, saying, ‘Do you know that we have allowed ourselves to be trampled on by a wretched creature with nothing of the lion about him but his skin?’ Who acts: two hyaenas, you, wretched creature. 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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 (two hyaenas, you, wretched creature), 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:pg5615:36:32 # text = That night the two hyaenas told all the rest, saying, ‘Do you know that we have allowed ourselves to be trampled on by a wretched creature with nothing of the lion about him but his skin?’ 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hyaenas hyaena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 21 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 25 on on ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the two hyaenas | all rest | | | night | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the two hyaenas *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **allow** | present · perfect · passive | | we | ourselves | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **trample on** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | a wretched creature with nothing | | | | | | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/33/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)