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title: Slang in this lesson: «sus» means «suspicious»; in Scotland «a quid»… — Trust that breaks and takes long to mend · tree and pragmatics
description: Slang in this lesson: «sus» means «suspicious»; in Scotland «a quid» is a pound, «the morra» means «tomorrow» and «dinnae fash» means «don't worry»; «gutted» means very upset; in Australia a «bludger» is someone who lets others do the work, and «zip» means nothing. Who acts: sus, quid, morra, others
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# Trust that breaks and takes long to mend, sentence 18

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Slang in this lesson: «sus» means «suspicious»; in Scotland «a quid» is a pound, «the morra» means «tomorrow» and «dinnae fash» means «don't worry»; «gutted» means very upset; in Australia a «bludger» is someone who lets others do the work, and «zip» means nothing.

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**Who acts:** sus, quid, morra, others · **What happens:** mean, be, fash, not worry, gut, let · **To what, where:** suspicious, pound, Scotland, someone, Australia, work · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» of the religion ethics 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 (sus, quid, morra, others), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:082-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend.lesson:18
# text = Slang in this lesson: «sus» means «suspicious»; in Scotland «a quid» is a pound, «the morra» means «tomorrow» and «dinnae fash» means «don't worry»; «gutted» means very upset; in Australia a «bludger» is someone who lets others do the work, and «zip» means nothing.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 082-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend.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, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×3
1	Slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	obl	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
11	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:det
18	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	morra	morra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:obl
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
28	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
29	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	_
30	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	_
34	dinnae	dinnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	35	dep	_	_
35	fash	fash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
36	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	_
37	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
38	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	41	punct	_	_
39	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	ccomp	_	_
42	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	_
45	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	advcl	_	_
46	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=47:punct
47	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
48	very	very	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=47:obj
50	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	55	punct	_	_
55	bludger	bludger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	appos	_	_
56	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	55	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=52:punct
57	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
58	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	35	obl	_	_
59	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj	_	_
60	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	_
61	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nsubj	_	_
62	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=60:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBP:Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
67	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	68	punct	_	_
68	zip	zip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
69	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	68	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=70:punct
70	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	_
71	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	70	obj	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | sus | suspicious |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspicious=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a quid | a pound |  | Scotland |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the morra |  |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fash** *in a quote* | infinitive | the morra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **not** **worry** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **gut** *in a quote* | participle | the morra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **mean** | present | the morra *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is a** | present |  | someone |  | Australia |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **let** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **do** | infinitive | others | the work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 12 | **mean** | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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.

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**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, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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/).

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