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title: Words people use: "quid" (UK) means pounds; "my foot!" means "rubbis… — "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Words people use: "quid" (UK) means pounds; "my foot!" means "rubbish!"; "bling" means shiny jewellery; "my guy" means "mate"; "dodgy" means not to be trusted; "grand" (Ireland) means fine; "scoff" (UK) means eat greedily; "lowkey" means quietly, a bit. Who acts: people, quid, bling, guy. A sentence
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# "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure, sentence 21

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Words people use: "quid" (UK) means pounds; "my foot!" means "rubbish!"; "bling" means shiny jewellery; "my guy" means "mate"; "dodgy" means not to be trusted; "grand" (Ireland) means fine; "scoff" (UK) means eat greedily; "lowkey" means quietly, a bit.

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**Who acts:** people, quid, bling, guy, dodgy, grand · **What happens:** use, mean, not trust, eat · **To what, where:** Words, pounds, rubbish, shiny jewellery, mate, fine

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This is a sentence of the lesson «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» 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, quid, bling, guy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:world:179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure.lesson:21
# text = Words people use: "quid" (UK) means pounds; "my foot!" means "rubbish!"; "bling" means shiny jewellery; "my guy" means "mate"; "dodgy" means not to be trusted; "grand" (Ireland) means fine; "scoff" (UK) means eat greedily; "lowkey" means quietly, a bit.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = world
# lesson = 179-its-natural-so-its-healthy-and-the-miracle-cure.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, 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	19	advcl	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
9	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
19	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
21	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	_
26	bling	bling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
28	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
29	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=34:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
35	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
36	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	_
38	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	_
42	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	nsubj	_	_
43	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
44	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
45	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
47	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	aux:pass	_	_
48	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	xcomp	_	_
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	_
51	grand	grand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
52	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
53	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	54	punct	_	_
54	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	appos	_	_
55	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	54	punct	_	_
56	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
57	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	obj	_	_
58	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	60	punct	_	_
60	scoff	scoff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
61	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	60	punct	_	_
62	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	63	punct	_	_
63	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	_
64	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	63	punct	_	_
65	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
66	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	xcomp	_	_
67	greedily	greedily	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
68	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
69	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	70	punct	_	_
70	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
71	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	70	punct	_	_
72	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
73	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	_
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: express
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | people | Words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | quid | pounds |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Topic |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubbish=Topic |
| 4 | **mean** | present | bling | shiny jewellery |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewellery=Topic |
| 5 | **mean** | present | my guy | mate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic |
| 6 | **mean** | present | dodgy |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **not** **trust** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | dodgy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» |
| 8 | **mean** | present | grand | fine |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Topic |
| 9 | **mean** | present | scoff |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 10 | **eat** *not said to happen* | infinitive | scoff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | greedily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **mean** | present | lowkey | a bit |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×3, 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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