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title: Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "s… — "The game is rigged because I lost" · tree and pragmatics
description: Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "scripted" means planned in advance, "lag" is a delay in an online game, "fair play" means well done, you were better (UK), "sus" means suspicious, and "girl" or "bro" are just friendly words for a friend. Who acts: people, one side, 
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# "The game is rigged because I lost", sentence 28

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Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "scripted" means planned in advance, "lag" is a delay in an online game, "fair play" means well done, you were better (UK), "sus" means suspicious, and "girl" or "bro" are just friendly words for a friend.

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**Who acts:** people, one side, lag, fair play, you, sus · **What happens:** use, rig, mean, fix, win, script · **To what, where:** Words, advance, delay, online game, friendly words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «"The game is rigged because I lost"» 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, one side, lag, fair play), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:world:173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost.lesson:28
# text = Words people use: "rigged" means secretly fixed so one side wins, "scripted" means planned in advance, "lag" is a delay in an online game, "fair play" means well done, you were better (UK), "sus" means suspicious, and "girl" or "bro" are just friendly words for a friend.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = world
# lesson = 173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost.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): R6-punct-agree ×3, 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	39	parataxis	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	rigged	rig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	nsubj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=17:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
17	scripted	script	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	nsubj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
20	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	ccomp	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	_
25	lag	lag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	parataxis	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	37	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
36	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	_
39	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
40	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	41	advmod	_	_
41	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	xcomp	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
45	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	39	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=39:conj
46	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	47	punct	_	_
47	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
48	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	47	punct	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	_
51	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
53	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	parataxis	_	_
54	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	xcomp	_	_
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	_
58	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
59	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
60	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	62	punct	_	_
62	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
63	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	62	punct	_	_
64	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
65	just	just	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
66	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
68	for	for	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	39	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 eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 2 | **rig** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **win** | present | one side |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **script** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **plan** | participle |  |  |  | advance |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is a** | present | lag | a delay |  | a online game |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **mean** | present | fair play |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 11 | **do** *not said to happen* | participle | fair play *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **is** | past | you |  |  |  |  | UK *obl*; good *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **mean** | present | sus |  |  |  |  | suspicious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **is a** | present | girl or bro | friendly words |  |  |  | for a friend | tree rules |

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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): R6-punct-agree ×3, 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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