--- title: Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» What does… — Forgiving · tree and pragmatics description: Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» What does «I'm no believing» mean? Test 5 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/454-forgiving/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Forgiving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/454-forgiving/) / t5 # Test 5 · Forgiving Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» What does «I'm no believing» mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** believe, be, stop, mean · **To what, where:** believing word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/454-forgiving/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:1 # text = Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» 1 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 8 believing believe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 11 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | no believing word and pal | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does «I'm no believing» mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:2 # text = What does «I'm no believing» mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** *in a quote* | present · progressive · do-support | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} I'm not believing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:o1:1 # text = I'm not believing 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} I'm nearly believing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:o2:1 # text = I'm nearly believing 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · progressive | I | | | | | nearly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} I'm now believing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:o3:1 # text = I'm now believing 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · progressive | I | | | | now | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} I'm not breathing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t5:o4:1 # text = I'm not breathing 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **breathe** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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