--- title: Words people use: "my guy" means mate; "innit" (London) means "isn't… — "How do you know?" · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "my guy" means mate; "innit" (London) means "isn't it"; "got played" means got tricked; "sus" means suspicious; "missy" is what grown-ups call a cheeky girl; "rad" (US, older) means great; "bummer" (US, older) means "what a shame"; "dead" (Liverpool) means very. Who acts: people, g --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/186-how-do-you-know/20/) [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/) / ["How do you know?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/186-how-do-you-know/) / 20 # "How do you know?", sentence 20 Words people use: "my guy" means mate; "innit" (London) means "isn't it"; "got played" means got tricked; "sus" means suspicious; "missy" is what grown-ups call a cheeky girl; "rad" (US, older) means great; "bummer" (US, older) means "what a shame"; "dead" (Liverpool) means very. **Who acts:** people, guy, innit, sus, missy, grown ups · **What happens:** use, mean, not be, play, get, trick · **To what, where:** Words, mate, innit, cheeky girl, bummer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «"How do you know?"» 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, guy, innit, sus), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:186-how-do-you-know.lesson:20 # text = Words people use: "my guy" means mate; "innit" (London) means "isn't it"; "got played" means got tricked; "sus" means suspicious; "missy" is what grown-ups call a cheeky girl; "rad" (US, older) means great; "bummer" (US, older) means "what a shame"; "dead" (Liverpool) means very. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 186-how-do-you-know.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, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 dislocated _ _ 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 _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:advcl 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:parataxis 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 16 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 18 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 expl _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=27:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=27:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 26 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 29 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 30 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 31 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 sus sus 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 18 parataxis _ _ 37 suspicious suspicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 40 missy missy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 conj _ _ 44 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ _ 53 rad rad NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:obj 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 55 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 56 punct _ _ 56 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 56 conj _ _ 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 56 punct _ _ 60 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 61 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ _ 62 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ _ 64 bummer bummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ 66 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 67 punct _ _ 67 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 71 advcl _ _ 70 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 69 punct _ _ 71 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ _ 72 " " PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ _ 73 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 79 nsubj _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 79 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=79:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 77 ; ; PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 78 " " PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ _ 79 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 nsubj _ _ 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 79 punct _ _ 81 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 82 punct _ _ 82 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 appos _ _ 83 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 82 punct _ _ 84 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 ccomp _ _ 85 very very ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 86 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | people | Words *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | my guy | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | present | innit | | | | | Words *dislocated* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | | innit | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **trick** | participle | | | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **mean** | present | sus | | | | | suspicious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | missy | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **call** | present | grown ups | | a cheeky girl | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient | | 13 | **mean** | present | rad | bummer | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **mean** | present | US *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 15 | **mean** | present | dead | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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:186-how-do-you-know.lesson:20`. **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, R8-pos-agree ×3. **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: ["How do you know?", 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/186-how-do-you-know/19/) - next →: [One counterexample is enough, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/187-one-counterexample-is-enough/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/186-how-do-you-know/)