--- title: Words people use: "mate" and "bro" mean friend, "lowkey" means a bit… — "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "mate" and "bro" mean friend, "lowkey" means a bit, "Nostradamus" is a joke name for someone who thinks they can tell the future (after a famous fortune-teller from long ago), "a rota" is a list of whose turn it is, "best of loads" means lots of rounds, and "candyfloss" is cotton c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/25/) [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/) / ["I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/) / 25 # "I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy, sentence 25 Words people use: "mate" and "bro" mean friend, "lowkey" means a bit, "Nostradamus" is a joke name for someone who thinks they can tell the future (after a famous fortune-teller from long ago), "a rota" is a list of whose turn it is, "best of loads" means lots of rounds, and "candyfloss" is cotton candy (US). **Who acts:** people, mate, rota, list, candyfloss · **What happens:** use, mean, be, think, tell · **To what, where:** mate, friend, bit, joke name, future, list · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «"I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy» 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, mate, rota, list), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy.lesson:25 # text = Words people use: "mate" and "bro" mean friend, "lowkey" means a bit, "Nostradamus" is a joke name for someone who thinks they can tell the future (after a famous fortune-teller from long ago), "a rota" is a list of whose turn it is, "best of loads" means lots of rounds, and "candyfloss" is cotton candy (US). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×4 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 parataxis _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:compound 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=12:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 16 lowkey lowkey X NN _ 12 flat _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=12:punct 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=28:nsubj 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Nostradamus Nostradamus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ _ 44 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 47 ago ago ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 rota rota NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ _ 64 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=68:obl 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=66:punct 68 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 69 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 rounds round NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ _ 72 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 74 " " PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ _ 75 candyfloss candyfloss NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 cop _ _ 78 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 candy candy NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 80 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 81 punct _ _ 81 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 appos _ _ 82 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 81 punct _ _ 83 . . PUNCT . _ 64 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 | mate and bro | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | mate and bro *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | present | | a bit | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | | a joke name | | | | for someone | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | people | the future | | | after a famous fortune teller | long *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent future=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | present | a rota | a list | | | | of a list's turn | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a list | | | | | of loads; good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **mean** | present | | lots of rounds | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | | 10 | **is a** | present | candyfloss | cotton candy | | | | | 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:171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy.lesson:25`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×4. **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: ["I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy, 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/24/) - next →: [Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/172-loot-boxes-streaks-and-the-sunk-cost/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/)