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title: Words people use: "make it make sense" means this makes no sense (yo… — The brother who never does anything wrong: doubl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Words people use: "make it make sense" means this makes no sense (young slang), "sit down" means you're in no position to judge, "doughnut man" is a jokey nickname, "The Chase" is a TV quiz show in Britain, "wanna" means want to, and "bossy" here is a joke about gum giving orders. Who acts: people, 
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# The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home, sentence 21

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Words people use: "make it make sense" means this makes no sense (young slang), "sit down" means you're in no position to judge, "doughnut man" is a jokey nickname, "The Chase" is a TV quiz show in Britain, "wanna" means want to, and "bossy" here is a joke about gum giving orders.

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**Who acts:** people, effort, this, you, doughnut man, jokey nickname · **What happens:** use, make, mean, sit down, be, judge · **To what, where:** Words, effort, sense, position, jokey nickname, quiz show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards 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, effort, this, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards.lesson:21
# text = Words people use: "make it make sense" means this makes no sense (young slang), "sit down" means you're in no position to judge, "doughnut man" is a jokey nickname, "The Chase" is a TV quiz show in Britain, "wanna" means want to, and "bossy" here is a joke about gum giving orders.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = world
# lesson = 165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, 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	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
13	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
17	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
22	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
23	down	down	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	_
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct
25	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:parataxis
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
27	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	30	det	_	_
30	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	ccomp	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	judge	judge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	acl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=36:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
35	doughnut	doughnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	jokey	jokey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	_
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	parataxis	_	_
46	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
47	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
49	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	quiz	quiz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	56	punct	_	_
56	wanna	wanna	X	FW	_	58	nsubj	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	_
58	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
59	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	ccomp	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=59:mark
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
63	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	64	punct	_	_
64	bossy	bossy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
65	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	64	punct	_	_
66	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	69	advmod	_	_
67	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	_
68	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
70	about	about	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	_
72	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	71	acl	_	_
73	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	obj	_	_
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | people | Words |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent word=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | effort |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | effort *not said here* | sense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **make** | present | this | no sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
| 6 | **sit down** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **mean** | present | effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | present | you |  |  | no position |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **judge** | to-infinitive | effort *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is a** | present | doughnut man | a jokey nickname |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **is a** | present | a jokey nickname | a quiz show |  | Britain |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **mean** | present | wanna |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 13 | **want** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 14 | **is a** | present | bossy | a joke |  | here |  | about gum | tree rules |
| 15 | **give** | gerund | gum *not said here* | orders |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |

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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.

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**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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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.

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