--- title: Words in this lesson: "don't have a cow" means calm down; "bruv" in… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics description: Words in this lesson: "don't have a cow" means calm down; "bruv" in London means mate; "tamping" in Wales means furious; "cwtch" in Wales means a cuddle; "can or not" in Singapore English means "is that OK?" Who acts: bruv, tamping, cwtch, Words. 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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 (bruv, tamping, cwtch, Words), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.lesson:16 # text = Words in this lesson: "don't have a cow" means calm down; "bruv" in London means mate; "tamping" in Wales means furious; "cwtch" in Wales means a cuddle; "can or not" in Singapore English means "is that OK?" # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=11:punct 13 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 calm calm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:parataxis 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:obl 22 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 23 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 cwtch cwtch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cuddle cuddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=43:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 43 can can NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 conj _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 50 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nsubj _ _ 54 OK ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=50:obj 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | a cow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **calm down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mean** | present | bruv in London | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | | 5 | **mean** | present | tamping in Wales | | | | | furious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mean** | present | cwtch in Wales | a cuddle | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cuddle=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | Words in this lesson | | | | | in Singapore English | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in english=Attribute | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | ok *property* | 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. **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:politics:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.lesson:16`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×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. 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