--- title: Words people use: "pull the plug" means switch it off, "classic" mea… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting games · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "pull the plug" means switch it off, "classic" means typical, "ain't" means isn't, "you're having a laugh" means you must be joking (UK), "lekker" means great (South Africa) and "lah" is added to the end of sentences in Singapore. Who acts: people, classic, ai, you. 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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, classic, ai, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games.lesson:26 # text = Words people use: "pull the plug" means switch it off, "classic" means typical, "ain't" means isn't, "you're having a laugh" means you must be joking (UK), "lekker" means great (South Africa) and "lah" is added to the end of sentences in Singapore. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games.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 ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plug plug NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=8:punct 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 11 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 classic classic NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 19 typical typical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=18:xcomp 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 22 ai ai X FW Foreign=Yes 25 nsubj _ _ 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 25 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 26 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 27 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 nsubj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=34:punct 36 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 42 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 dep _ _ 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 46 lekker lekker NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 48 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 50 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ _ 51 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 dep _ _ 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 " " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ _ 56 lah lah NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **use** | present | people | Words *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **pull** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the plug | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plug=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **switch off** | infinitive | | plug | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **mean** | present | classic | typical | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent typical=Topic | | 6 | **mean** | present | ai | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **be** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | a laugh | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient | | 9 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **joke** *speech: other* | must · progressive | you | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **mean** | present | lekker | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | lah | | | to the end of sentences in Singapore | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to end=Co-Patient | 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:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games.lesson:26`. **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 ×4, R7-rel-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: ["Five more minutes" and other waiting…, 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/25/) - next →: [Why time flies and why it drags, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/)