Check the claim, not the person, sentence 23
Words people use: "spot on" means exactly right; "sound" (Liverpool, Manchester) means good, reliable; "Scouse" means from Liverpool; "la" (Liverpool) means mate; "dead" (Liverpool) means very; "delulu" (young people) means believing something that isn't real; "skibidi" is a word kids shout that means nothing; "do the needful" (Indian English) means do what needs doing; "babe" is a friendly word between friends.
Who acts: people, sound, Scouse, la, Liverpool, kids · What happens: use, mean, believe, not be, be, shout · To what, where: Words, Liverpool, mate, something, word, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the lesson «Check the claim, not the person» 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, sound, Scouse, la), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | obj |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nsubj |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 spot | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 spot | punct |
| 6 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 9 means | mark |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 on | punct |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 use | parataxis |
| 10 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 11 right | advmod |
| 11 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 means | advmod |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 sound | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sound | punct |
| 14 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | nsubj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sound | punct |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 Liverpool | punct |
| 17 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sound | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Manchester | punct |
| 19 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Liverpool | conj |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 Liverpool | punct |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 use | parataxis |
| 22 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 means | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 reliable | punct |
| 24 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 good | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 means | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Scouse | punct |
| 27 | Scouse | scouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 means | nsubj |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Scouse | punct |
| 29 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 means | conj |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 Liverpool | case |
| 31 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 means | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 means | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 la | punct |
| 34 | la | la | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 means | nsubj |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 la | punct |
| 36 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 37 Liverpool | punct |
| 37 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 la | appos |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 37 Liverpool | punct |
| 39 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 means | conj |
| 40 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 means | obj |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 dead | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 dead | punct |
| 43 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 means | ccomp |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 dead | punct |
| 45 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 46 Liverpool | punct |
| 46 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 means | nsubj |
| 47 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 46 Liverpool | punct |
| 48 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 means | parataxis |
| 49 | very | very | ADV | _ | 48 means | advmod |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 means | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 delulu | punct |
| 52 | delulu | delulu | X | Foreign=Yes | 58 means | discourse |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 delulu | punct |
| 54 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 56 people | punct |
| 55 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 people | amod |
| 56 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 delulu | appos |
| 57 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 56 people | punct |
| 58 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 means | parataxis |
| 59 | believing | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 58 means | xcomp |
| 60 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 59 believing | obj |
| 61 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 real | nsubj |
| 62 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 real | cop |
| 63 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 real | advmod |
| 64 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 something | acl:relcl |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 67 skibidi | punct |
| 66 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 67 skibidi | punct |
| 67 | skibidi | skibidi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 something | parataxis |
| 68 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 67 skibidi | punct |
| 69 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 word | cop |
| 70 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 71 word | det |
| 71 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 believing | obj |
| 72 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 shout | nsubj |
| 73 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 word | acl:relcl |
| 74 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 75 means | nsubj |
| 75 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 word | acl:relcl |
| 76 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 75 means | obj |
| 77 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 87 means | punct |
| 78 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 needful | punct |
| 79 | do | do | VERB | _ | 87 means | nsubj |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 needful | det |
| 81 | needful | needful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 do | obj |
| 82 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 needful | punct |
| 83 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 85 English | punct |
| 84 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 85 English | amod |
| 85 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 do | appos |
| 86 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 85 English | punct |
| 87 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 means | conj |
| 88 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 87 means | ccomp |
| 89 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 91 doing | obj |
| 90 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 89 what | acl:relcl |
| 91 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 88 do | ccomp |
| 92 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 99 word | punct |
| 93 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 94 babe | punct |
| 94 | babe | babe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 99 word | nsubj |
| 95 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 94 babe | punct |
| 96 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 99 word | cop |
| 97 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 99 word | det |
| 98 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 99 word | amod |
| 99 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 means | conj |
| 100 | between | between | ADP | _ | 101 friends | case |
| 101 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 99 word | nmod |
| 102 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | people | Words | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | right property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | sound | good property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | Scouse | Liverpool | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | mean | present | la | mate | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic | ||||
| 6 | mean | present | Liverpool | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 8 | believe not said to happen | gerund | something | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | not is | present | real property | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | is a | present | a word | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | shout speech: express | present | kids | a word not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 12 | mean | present | a word | nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 13 | do in a quote | infinitive | the needful | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | |||||
| 14 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 15 | do | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 16 | need | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 17 | do | gerund | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||||
| 18 | is a | present | babe | a friendly word | between friends | tree rules |
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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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.
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