--- title: Words people use: "eejit" means idiot and "ya" means you (Ireland),… — "It worked once": one example is not all · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "eejit" means idiot and "ya" means you (Ireland), "cos" means because, "mid" means ordinary or not very good (young slang), "fam" means mate, "bummer" means a disappointment (older US slang), "muppet" is a teasing word for a silly person (UK), and "hot whiskey" is a grown-up drink --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/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/) / ["It worked once": one example is not all](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/) / 24 # "It worked once": one example is not all, sentence 24 Words people use: "eejit" means idiot and "ya" means you (Ireland), "cos" means because, "mid" means ordinary or not very good (young slang), "fam" means mate, "bummer" means a disappointment (older US slang), "muppet" is a teasing word for a silly person (UK), and "hot whiskey" is a grown-up drink in Ireland. **Who acts:** people, eejit, ya, cos, mid, young slang · **What happens:** use, mean, be, grow · **To what, where:** Words, idiot, you, ordinary, mate, disappointment · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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, eejit, ya, cos), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all.lesson:24 # text = Words people use: "eejit" means idiot and "ya" means you (Ireland), "cos" means because, "mid" means ordinary or not very good (young slang), "fam" means mate, "bummer" means a disappointment (older US slang), "muppet" is a teasing word for a silly person (UK), and "hot whiskey" is a grown-up drink in Ireland. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all.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 ×2, R7-rel-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 23 advcl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 eejit eejit 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 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 27 mid mid NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 29 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 30 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=29:xcomp 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 41 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=37:appos 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 43 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 44 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 bummer bummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 53 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 amod _ _ 54 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ _ 59 muppet muppet NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 ccomp _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 69 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 70 punct _ _ 70 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 71 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 70 punct _ _ 72 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 74 " " PUNCT `` _ 76 punct _ _ 75 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 whiskey whiskey NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nsubj _ _ 77 " " PUNCT '' _ 76 punct _ _ 78 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 cop _ _ 79 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 80 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 83 amod _ _ 81 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 82 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=80:punct 82 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 compound _ _ 83 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 84 in in ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 nmod _ _ 86 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | 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 | eejit | idiot | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idiot=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | present | ya | you | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 4 | **mean** | present | cos | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | present | mid | ordinary | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ordinary=Topic | | 6 | **mean** | present | young slang | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | bummer | a disappointment | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disappointment=Topic | | 8 | **is a** | present | | a teasing word and a grown up drink | | | | for a silly person | tree rules | | 9 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | present | hot whiskey | a grown up drink | | Ireland | | | tree rules | 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:164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all.lesson:24`. **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 ×2, 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: ["It worked once": one example is not all, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/23/) - next →: [The brother who never does anything wr…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/164-it-worked-once-one-example-is-not-all/)