--- title: Words people use: "rota" (UK) means a list of whose turn it is; "lit… — Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts… · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "rota" (UK) means a list of whose turn it is; "literally" is often used to mean "really, obviously"; "eh" (Canada) means "right?"; "toque" (Canada) means a woolly hat; "bud" (Canada) means mate; "chur" (New Zealand) means thanks, cheers; "y'all" (US South) means you all; "fixin' to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/21/) [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/) / [Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/) / 21 # Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or, sentence 21 Words people use: "rota" (UK) means a list of whose turn it is; "literally" is often used to mean "really, obviously"; "eh" (Canada) means "right?"; "toque" (Canada) means a woolly hat; "bud" (Canada) means mate; "chur" (New Zealand) means thanks, cheers; "y'all" (US South) means you all; "fixin' to" (US South) means about to. **Who acts:** people, rota, Canada, toque, bud, chur · **What happens:** use, mean, be · **To what, where:** Words, list, fixin, woolly hat, mate, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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, rota, Canada, toque), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or.lesson:21 # text = Words people use: "rota" (UK) means a list of whose turn it is; "literally" is often used to mean "really, obviously"; "eh" (Canada) means "right?"; "toque" (Canada) means a woolly hat; "bud" (Canada) means mate; "chur" (New Zealand) means thanks, cheers; "y'all" (US South) means you all; "fixin' to" (US South) means about to. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or.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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 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 _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 rota rota 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 6 appos _ _ 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 literally literally ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 often often ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 29 really really ADV RB _ 27 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=29:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 35 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 42 right right INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ _ 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=42:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:":_ 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 toque toque NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=40:obj 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 52 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 woolly woolly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 58 bud bud NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=55:appos 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 60 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 61 punct _ _ 61 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 62 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 61 punct _ _ 63 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 64 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 65 ; ; PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 66 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ _ 67 chur chur NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ 69 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ _ 70 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 72 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 71 punct _ _ 73 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 74 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 cheers cheer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 conj _ _ 77 ; ; PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 78 " " PUNCT `` _ 79 punct _ _ 79 y'all y'all NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 parataxis _ _ 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 79 punct _ _ 81 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 82 punct _ _ 82 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 83 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 flat _ _ 84 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 83 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=82:punct 85 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 ccomp _ _ 86 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ _ 87 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 86 nmod:unmarked _ _ 88 ; ; PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ _ 89 " " PUNCT `` _ 90 punct _ _ 90 fixin fixin NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 91 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 90 punct _ _ 92 to to PART TO _ 98 mark _ _ 93 " " PUNCT '' _ 92 punct _ _ 94 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 96 punct _ _ 95 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 96 compound _ _ 96 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 92 appos _ _ 97 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 96 punct _ _ 98 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 99 about about ADV RB _ 98 advmod _ _ 100 to to PART TO _ 99 fixed _ _ 101 . . PUNCT . _ 11 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 | rota | a list | | | | Words *dislocated* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | rota | | | | | of a list's turn | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | present · passive | | a list *not said here* | | | | literally, often *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **mean** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mean** | present | Canada | fixin | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fixin=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | toque | a woolly hat | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Topic | | 8 | **mean** | present | bud | mate | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | | 9 | **mean** | present | chur | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **mean** | present | thanks US and cheers | you | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 11 | **mean** | present | | | | | | about *property* | 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:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or.lesson:21`. **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 ×1, 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: [Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving…, 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/20/) - next →: [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/)