--- title: Slang here: "mortified" means terribly embarrassed; "thimble" is a t… — At the café: ordering in French · tree and pragmatics description: Slang here: "mortified" means terribly embarrassed; "thimble" is a tiny cup for sewing; "proper job" (West Country) means great; "pop" (Ireland, North) means fizzy drink; "wicked" (Boston) means brilliant; "heaps" (Australia) means very; "this slaps" (US Gen Z) means this is great; "pal" and "aye" ( --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/) / [At the café: ordering in French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/) / 17 # At the café: ordering in French, sentence 17 Slang here: "mortified" means terribly embarrassed; "thimble" is a tiny cup for sewing; "proper job" (West Country) means great; "pop" (Ireland, North) means fizzy drink; "wicked" (Boston) means brilliant; "heaps" (Australia) means very; "this slaps" (US Gen Z) means this is great; "pal" and "aye" (Scotland) mean mate and yes; "eh" (Canada) asks you to agree. **Who acts:** thimble, tiny cup, pop, Boston, heaps, slaps · **What happens:** mortify, mean, be, ask, agree · **To what, where:** tiny cup, fizzy drink, mate, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «At the café: ordering in French» of the french course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thimble, tiny cup, pop, Boston), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:french:019-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french.lesson:17 # text = Slang here: "mortified" means terribly embarrassed; "thimble" is a tiny cup for sewing; "proper job" (West Country) means great; "pop" (Ireland, North) means fizzy drink; "wicked" (Boston) means brilliant; "heaps" (Australia) means very; "this slaps" (US Gen Z) means this is great; "pal" and "aye" (Scotland) mean mate and yes; "eh" (Canada) asks you to agree. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = french # lesson = 019-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 5 mortified mortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 nsubj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 thimble thimble NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 19 sewing sewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:acl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:VerbForm=Ger 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 22 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:obj 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 26 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=29:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 29 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 33 pop pop NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:unmarked _ _ 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 41 fizzy fizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Boston Boston PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 48 punct _ _ 50 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 51 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 54 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 56 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 57 punct _ _ 59 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 60 very very ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ _ 63 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 64 slaps slap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ 66 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 69 punct _ _ 67 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 68 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=69:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 69 Z z PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=64:conj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 70 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 69 punct _ _ 71 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 parataxis _ _ 72 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 nsubj _ _ 73 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 74 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 ccomp _ _ 75 ; ; PUNCT : _ 87 punct _ _ 76 " " PUNCT `` _ 77 punct _ _ 77 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 nsubj _ _ 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 " " PUNCT `` _ 81 punct _ _ 81 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 conj _ _ 82 " " PUNCT '' _ 81 punct _ _ 83 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 84 punct _ _ 84 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 appos _ _ 85 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 84 punct _ _ 86 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=29:conj 87 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obj _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 89 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 87 conj _ _ 90 ; ; PUNCT : _ 89 punct _ _ 91 " " PUNCT `` _ 92 punct _ _ 92 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 97 nsubj _ _ 93 " " PUNCT '' _ 92 punct _ _ 94 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 95 punct _ _ 95 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 92 appos _ _ 96 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 95 punct _ _ 97 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 98 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 97 obj _ _ 99 to to PART TO _ 100 mark _ _ 100 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 97 xcomp _ _ 101 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mortify** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | embarrassed *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | thimble | a tiny cup | | | | for sewing | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | present | a tiny cup | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mean** | present | pop | fizzy drink | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Topic | | 6 | **mean** | present | Boston | | | | | brilliant *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | present | heaps | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **mean** | present | this slaps | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | this | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **mean** | present | pal and aye | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | | 11 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | eh | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **agree** *speech: agree* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | eh *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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. **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:french:019-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french.lesson:17`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-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: [At the café: ordering in French, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/16/) - next →: [In the classroom, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/20-in-the-classroom/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/)