--- title: Words people use: "nicked" means stole (UK), "Sherlock" is a teasing… — Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at… · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "nicked" means stole (UK), "Sherlock" is a teasing name for someone playing detective badly, "sus" means suspicious, "no cap" means honestly, "it's giving charcoal" means it looks like charcoal (young slang), "sass" means cheek, "ye wee rascal" is a fond Scottish telling-off, and " --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/24/) [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/) / [Who stole the remote? Jumping to concl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/) / 24 # Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home, sentence 24 Words people use: "nicked" means stole (UK), "Sherlock" is a teasing name for someone playing detective badly, "sus" means suspicious, "no cap" means honestly, "it's giving charcoal" means it looks like charcoal (young slang), "sass" means cheek, "ye wee rascal" is a fond Scottish telling-off, and "resting his eyes" is a joke for having a nap. **Who acts:** people, Sherlock, teasing name, cap, charcoal, sass · **What happens:** use, nick, mean, be, play, give · **To what, where:** Words, stole, teasing name, detective, suspicious, cheek · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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, Sherlock, teasing name, cap), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions.lesson:24 # text = Words people use: "nicked" means stole (UK), "Sherlock" is a teasing name for someone playing detective badly, "sus" means suspicious, "no cap" means honestly, "it's giving charcoal" means it looks like charcoal (young slang), "sass" means cheek, "ye wee rascal" is a fond Scottish telling-off, and "resting his eyes" is a joke for having a nap. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions.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 ×4, R6-punct-agree ×6, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 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 30 advcl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 nicked nick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 nsubj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 stole stole NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 11 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=15:punct 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Sherlock sherlock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 20 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=23:nsubj 23 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=20:acl 24 detective detective NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=20:appos 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 suspicious suspicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=31:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 38 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=37:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 44 charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 49 like like ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 52 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 54 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ _ 57 sass sass NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:parataxis 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 59 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 60 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 63 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 compound _ _ 64 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=65:amod 65 rascal rascal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 nsubj _ _ 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 65 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=73:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 67 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 69 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 nsubj _ _ 70 Scottish Scottish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 71 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 72 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=71:punct 73 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 ccomp _ _ 74 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 76 " " PUNCT `` _ 77 punct _ _ 77 resting rest VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 83 csubj _ _ 78 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 79 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obj _ _ 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ 81 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 cop _ _ 82 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 conj _ _ 84 for for SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 85 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 83 acl _ _ 86 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obj _ _ 88 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | 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 | **nick** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | present | | stole | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stole=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | Sherlock | a teasing name | | | | someone *nmod* | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | gerund | | detective | | | | badly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detective=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | a teasing name | suspicious | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | no cap | | | | | honestly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | cap | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mean** | present | charcoal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **look** | present | charcoal | | | | | like charcoal | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **mean** | present | sass | cheek | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Topic | | 12 | **is a** | present | ye wee rascal | a Scottish telling off and a joke | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **rest** *in a quote* | gerund | | sass's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 14 | **be** *speech: other* | present | resting | a joke | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **have** | gerund | a joke *not said here* | a nap | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=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. 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