--- title: People argue in their own words: "quid" is British slang for pounds,… — How a song is made: writing, recording, producing · tree and pragmatics description: People argue in their own words: "quid" is British slang for pounds, "extra" means over the top, in Ireland "brutal" means very bad and "grand" means fine, and in the West Country "my lover" is just a friendly way to say "my dear". Who acts: People, quid, extra, brutal. 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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 (People, quid, extra, brutal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:007-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing.lesson:4 # text = People argue in their own words: "quid" is British slang for pounds, "extra" means over the top, in Ireland "brutal" means very bad and "grand" means fine, and in the West Country "my lover" is just a friendly way to say "my dear". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 007-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 quid quid NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nsubj _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 brutal brutal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=37:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=53:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=44:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 50 just just ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 acl _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obj _ _ 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | People | | | People's own words | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | quid | British slang | | | | for pounds | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | extra | | | the top | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mean** | present | brutal | | | | | in Ireland; bad *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in ireland=Attribute | | 5 | **mean** | present | grand | | | | | fine *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | my lover | a friendly way | | the West Country | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | brutal *not said here* | my dear | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dear=Topic | | 8 | **word** | | People | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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. **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:arts:007-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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