--- title: Words people use: "Rare W" means a rare win, something to respect; "… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being… · tree and pragmatics description: Words people use: "Rare W" means a rare win, something to respect; "character development" means getting better, like a hero in a story; "my bad" means "my mistake"; "absolute weapon" (UK, jokey) means a legend; "iconic" means unforgettable; "cwtch" (Wales) means a cuddle; "tamping" (Wales) means fu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/26/) [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/) / [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/) / 26 # Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel, sentence 26 Words people use: "Rare W" means a rare win, something to respect; "character development" means getting better, like a hero in a story; "my bad" means "my mistake"; "absolute weapon" (UK, jokey) means a legend; "iconic" means unforgettable; "cwtch" (Wales) means a cuddle; "tamping" (Wales) means furious. **Who acts:** people, Rare W, character development, bad, absolute weapon, iconic · **What happens:** use, mean, respect, get, mistake · **To what, where:** Words, rare win, mistake, legend, cuddle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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, Rare W, character development, bad), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel.lesson:26 # text = Words people use: "Rare W" means a rare win, something to respect; "character development" means getting better, like a hero in a story; "my bad" means "my mistake"; "absolute weapon" (UK, jokey) means a legend; "iconic" means unforgettable; "cwtch" (Wales) means a cuddle; "tamping" (Wales) means furious. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel.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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×2 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 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 W W PROPN NNP 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 win win NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:conj 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 19 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:ccomp 23 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:ccomp 24 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 xcomp _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:obl 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:obl 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bad bad NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=37:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=40:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=35:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 44 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 48 punct _ _ 48 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:obl 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 jokey jokey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 advcl _ _ 51 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 52 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 " " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ _ 57 iconic iconic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 nsubj _ _ 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 59 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 60 unforgettable unforgettable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ _ 63 cwtch cwtch NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ 65 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 66 punct _ _ 66 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 appos _ _ 67 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 66 punct _ _ 68 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 cuddle cuddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 73 punct _ _ 72 " " PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ _ 73 tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 74 " " PUNCT '' _ 73 punct _ _ 75 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 76 punct _ _ 76 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 appos _ _ 77 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 76 punct _ _ 78 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 ccomp _ _ 79 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 xcomp _ _ 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | Rare W | a rare win | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Topic | | 3 | **respect** | to-infinitive | Rare W *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **mean** | present | character development | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | gerund | character development *not said here* | | | | | like a hero in a story; good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **mean** | present | my bad | my mistake | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | present | absolute weapon | a legend | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legend=Topic | | 8 | **mean** | present | iconic | | | | | unforgettable *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **mean** | present | cwtch | a cuddle | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **mean** | present | tamping | | | | | furious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **mistake** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=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:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel.lesson:26`. **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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…, 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/25/) - next →: [A fair trial, and the Wonderland court…, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/191-a-fair-trial-and-the-wonderland-court-that-gets-it-all-wrong/0/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/)