fie
Who acts: exclamation, villain, he, Fie · What happens: show, forsake, not pull, say, be · To what, where: disgust, Fie, en, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
«fie» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: fie in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
an exclamation that shows disgust or disapproval.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 exclamation | det |
| 2 | exclamation | exclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 exclamation | acl:relcl |
| 5 | disgust | disgust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 disapproval | cc |
| 7 | disapproval | disapproval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 disgust | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 exclamation | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a exclamation | disgust or disapproval | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent disgust=Recipient |
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.
Example 1
"Fie on the villain that forsook her!"
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| 2 | Fie | Fie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 villain | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 villain | det |
| 5 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Fie | nmod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 forsook | nsubj |
| 7 | forsook | forsake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 villain | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forsook | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forsake in a quote | past | the villain | Fie | tree rules |
Example 2
His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose.
From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fis | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fis | fi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stuck | nsubj |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 fis | case |
| 4 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 en | punct |
| 6 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | conj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pull | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 pull | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 pull | advmod |
| 10 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 en | acl:relcl |
| 11 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pull | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pull | can | he | en not said here | loose property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Theme |
Example 3
“Fie!” said he. “How naughty a boy Cupid is!
From Andersen's Fairy Tales.
Sentence 1: “Fie!” said he.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| 2 | Fie | fie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fie | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Fie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 2: “How naughty a boy Cupid is!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 naughty | punct |
| 2 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 naughty | advmod |
| 3 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 naughty | conj |
| 6 | Cupid | Cupid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | appos |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boy | cop |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 naughty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a boy | tree rules |
Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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