--- title: Words people use: "back in my day" is how older people start a story… — "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "back in my day" is how older people start a story about the past (Gen X and boomers), "love that for me" is sarcastic for "how useless", "bro got scammed" means he was tricked, "boy" is a Texan grandpa's word for a lad, and "cold-mum" is a family joke word for mums who always feel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/23/) [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/) / ["Because I said so" and other dead-end…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/) / 23 # "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons, sentence 23 Words people use: "back in my day" is how older people start a story about the past (Gen X and boomers), "love that for me" is sarcastic for "how useless", "bro got scammed" means he was tricked, "boy" is a Texan grandpa's word for a lad, and "cold-mum" is a family joke word for mums who always feel cold. **Who acts:** people, older people, Gen X, boy, cold mum, mums · **What happens:** use, be, scam, mean, trick, feel · **To what, where:** Words, bro, dye, word, joke word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» 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, older people, Gen X, boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons.lesson:23 # text = Words people use: "back in my day" is how older people start a story about the past (Gen X and boomers), "love that for me" is sarcastic for "how useless", "bro got scammed" means he was tricked, "boy" is a Texan grandpa's word for a lad, and "cold-mum" is a family joke word for mums who always feel cold. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons.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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 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 15 advcl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=9:punct 6 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 X X PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 boomers boomer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=29:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 29 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 39 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=35:ccomp 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=39:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 43 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 scammed scam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 ccomp _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=53:punct 53 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=60:det 57 Texan texan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 grandpa grandpa NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 's 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 parataxis _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 " " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ _ 67 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ _ 69 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ 71 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 73 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 76 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 mums mum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nmod _ _ 78 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 80 nsubj _ _ 79 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 80 advmod _ _ 80 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 acl:relcl _ _ 81 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 xcomp _ _ 82 . . PUNCT . _ 47 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 | | | day | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | older people | | | | | start *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | for useless; sarcastic *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **scam** *in a quote* | past · passive | | bro | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | present | Gen X and boomers | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **trick** | past · passive | | dye | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | present | boy | a Texan grandpa's word and a joke word | | | | for a lad | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | present | cold mum | a joke word | | | | for mums | tree rules | | 9 | **feel** | present | mums | | | | | always, cold *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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:163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons.lesson:23`. **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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: ["Because I said so" and other dead-end…, 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/21/) - next →: ["It worked once": one example is not all, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/163-because-i-said-so-dead-end-reasons/)