--- title: "Spam" for junk messages comes from a 1970 Monty Python comedy sketc… — Words that changed their meaning · tree and pragmatics description: "Spam" for junk messages comes from a 1970 Monty Python comedy sketch in which people sing "Spam" over and over, drowning out everything else; Spam is also a brand of tinned meat. Who acts: Spam, people. 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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 (Spam, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:language:038-words-that-changed-their-meaning.lesson:13 # text = "Spam" for junk messages comes from a 1970 Monty Python comedy sketch in which people sing "Spam" over and over, drowning out everything else; Spam is also a brand of tinned meat. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = language # lesson = 038-words-that-changed-their-meaning.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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Spam spam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 junk junk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 10 1970 1970 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 Monty Monty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=12:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 12 Python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 comedy comedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 sketch sketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Spam spam NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 22 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 drowning drown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:conj 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 26 obj _ _ 29 else else ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 Spam Spam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:obl 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 tinned tin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Spam for junk messages | | | a Python comedy sketch | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sketch=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | people | Spam | | a Python comedy sketch | | over *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spam=Theme | | 3 | **drown out** | gerund | people *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | Spam | a brand | | | | of tinned meat | tree rules | | 5 | **tin** | participle | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: 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:language:038-words-that-changed-their-meaning.lesson:13`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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: [Words that changed their meaning, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/12/) - next →: [Words that changed their meaning, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/14/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/38-words-that-changed-their-meaning/)