--- title: Words people use: "aye" means yes (Scotland and the North), "didnae"… — Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "aye" means yes (Scotland and the North), "didnae" means didn't and "no'" means not (Scotland), "pure" means really (Glasgow), "Ammamma" is grandma in Malayalam (Kerala, India), "Abuela" is grandma in Spanish, and "big brain moment" and "absolute weapon of a plan" are sarcastic way --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/22/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / [Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions/) / 22 # Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions, sentence 22 Words people use: "aye" means yes (Scotland and the North), "didnae" means didn't and "no'" means not (Scotland), "pure" means really (Glasgow), "Ammamma" is grandma in Malayalam (Kerala, India), "Abuela" is grandma in Spanish, and "big brain moment" and "absolute weapon of a plan" are sarcastic ways to call an idea silly. **Who acts:** people, aye, pure, Ammamma, big brain moment, idea · **What happens:** use, mean, be, call · **To what, where:** Words, Scotland, grandma, Malayalam, Spanish, sarcastic ways · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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 (people, aye, pure, Ammamma), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions.lesson:22 # text = Words people use: "aye" means yes (Scotland and the North), "didnae" means didn't and "no'" means not (Scotland), "pure" means really (Glasgow), "Ammamma" is grandma in Malayalam (Kerala, India), "Abuela" is grandma in Spanish, and "big brain moment" and "absolute weapon of a plan" are sarcastic ways to call an idea silly. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 161-lucky-socks-and-grandmas-superstitions.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 ×5 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 didnae didnae X FW Foreign=Yes 20 discourse _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct 25 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 26 discourse _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 28 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Scotland Scotland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28:punct 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nsubj _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 really really ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Ammamma Ammamma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Malayalam Malayalam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Kerala Kerala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 54 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Abuela Abuela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 65 " " PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ _ 66 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 " " PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ _ 72 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ _ 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 73 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=76:punct 78 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 79 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 81 to to PART TO _ 82 mark _ _ 82 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 acl _ _ 83 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obj _ _ 85 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 xcomp _ _ 86 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | people | Words | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | aye | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mean** | present | | Scotland | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scotland=Topic | | 5 | **mean** | present | pure | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | Ammamma | grandma | | Malayalam | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | | grandma | | Spanish | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | present | big brain moment and absolute weapon of a plan | sarcastic ways | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **call** | to-infinitive | a idea | | | | | silly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «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. 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