wah

Who acts: it, surprise, ole nigger grapplin, Little, elephant, father · What happens: be, tell, wi, say, wag, quote · To what, where: exclamation, Kipling, dialect spelling, Uncle Remus, meezles, fluffy head · Speech: someone speaks here

«wah» 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: wah in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

In Kipling it is an exclamation of surprise; in Uncle Remus it is a dialect spelling of "war".

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Kipling	case
2	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 exclamation	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 exclamation	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 exclamation	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 exclamation	det
6	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 surprise	case
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exclamation	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 spelling	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 Remus	case
11	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Remus	compound
12	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 spelling	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spelling	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 spelling	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 spelling	det
16	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spelling	compound
17	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exclamation	appos
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 war	case
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 war	punct
20	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spelling	nmod
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 spelling	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 exclamation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a exclamation		Kipling		of surprise	tree rules
2	is a	present	surprise	a dialect spelling		Uncle Remus		of war	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.

Example 1

"Dat ar jug's bin ter wah, mon.

From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bin	punct
2	Dat	that	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jug	det
3	ar	ar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jug	amod
4	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bin	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 jug	case
6	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	ter	ter	X	Foreign=Yes	6 bin	conj
8	wah	wah	INTJ	_	7 ter	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mon.	punct
10	mon.	Monday	PROPN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	6 bin	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

In ole times, 'fo' de wah, I ain't heer tell er no seventy-fi'- year-ole nigger grapplin' wid no meezles.

From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 times	case
2	ole	ole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fo	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 fo	punct
6	fo	for	ADP	Abbr=Yes	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 fo	punct
8	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	6 fo	flat:foreign
9	wah	wah	INTJ	_	6 fo	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ai	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 ai	nsubj
12	ai	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wah	conj
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 heer	advmod
14	heer	heer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ai	xcomp
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 heer	xcomp
16	er	e	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 tell	advmod
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 fi	det
18	seventy	seventy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fi	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 fi	punct
20	fi	fi	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 er	nsubj
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	20 fi	punct
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 year	punct
23	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ole	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 year	punct
25	ole	ole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 grapplin	amod
26	nigger	nigger	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 grapplin	compound
27	grapplin	grapplin	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 wid	nsubj
28	'	'	PUNCT	_	29 wid	punct
29	wid	wi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 fi	acl:relcl
30	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	31 meezles	det
31	meezles	meezle	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 wid	obj
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wi	past	ole nigger grapplin	no meezles					tree rules

Example 3

“Wah!” said Little Toomai, “thou art a big elephant,” and he wagged his fluffy head, quoting his father. “The Government may pay for elephants, but they belong to us mahouts.

From The Jungle Book.

Sentence 1: “Wah!” said Little Toomai, “thou art a big elephant,” and he wagged his fluffy head, quoting his father.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Wah	wah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Wah	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Wah	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	nsubj
7	Toomai	Toomai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Little	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 art	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	11 art	punct
10	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 art	nsubj
11	art	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 elephant	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 elephant	amod
14	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 art	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 art	punct
16	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wagged	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 wagged	nsubj
19	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 head	nmod:poss
21	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 head	amod
22	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wagged	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 quoting	punct
24	quoting	quote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 wagged	advcl
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 father	nmod:poss
26	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 quoting	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Little		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	wag	past	elephant	elephant's fluffy head	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	quote speech: other	gerund	elephant's father		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: “The Government may pay for elephants, but they belong to us mahouts.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Government	det
3	Government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	aux
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 elephants	case
7	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pay	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 belong	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 belong	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 belong	nsubj
11	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 us	case
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 belong	obl
14	mahouts	mahout	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 us	nmod:unmarked
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay in a quote	may	the Government					for elephants	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for elephant=Theme
2	belong in a quote	present	they		us				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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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