beef

Who acts: He, We, Beef, two rappers, team, you · What happens: be, have, beef up, make, beef, complain · To what, where: meat, beef, complaint, Muscle, something, burger

«beef» in the English dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: beef in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

The meat from a cow, bull or ox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 meat	det
2	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cow	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meat	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bull	punct
7	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meat	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 ox	cc
9	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bull	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meat	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef? He has beef with me).

Sentence 1: A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 quarrel	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quarrel	det
5	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complaint	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 quarrel	nmod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 beef	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 beef	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 beef	cop
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 beef	nmod:poss
12	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 someone	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 complaint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		your beef				What nsubj; your nmod:poss	tree rules

Sentence 2: He has beef with me).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 beef	nmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	beef				with me	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Muscle or strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 strength	cc
3	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Muscle	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Muscle	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 4

To beef up: to make something stronger or bigger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beef	mark
2	beef	beef	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 beef	compound:prt
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 beef	conj
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 make	obj
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 make	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 bigger	cc
10	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 stronger	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beef	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef up	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive		something				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

Everyday, meaning 5

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To beef: to complain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beef	mark
2	beef	beef	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 complain	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 complain	mark
5	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 beef	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beef	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	complain speech: other	to-infinitive							vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

We had roast beef for Sunday lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 roast	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 roast	aux
3	roast	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roast	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lunch	compound
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roast	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 roast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past · perfect	We	beef				for Sunday lunch	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beef=Patient for lunch=Beneficiary

Example 2

Beef comes from cows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 cows	case
4	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comes	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Beef					from cows	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cow=Initial_Location

Example 3

The burger is made of minced beef.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burger	det
2	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 beef	case
6	minced	mince	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 beef	amod
7	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the burger				of minced beef	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	mince	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 4

What's your beef with me? (slang)

Sentence 1: What's your beef with me?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beef	nmod:poss
4	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 beef	nmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	your beef with me						tree rules

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

Example 5

The two rappers have had beef for ages. (slang)

Sentence 1: The two rappers have had beef for ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rappers	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 rappers	nummod
3	rappers	rapper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ages	case
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · perfect	the two rappers	beef			for ages		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

Example 6

The team beefed up its defence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	beefed	beef	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 team	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 beefed	compound:prt
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 defence	nmod:poss
6	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beefed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 team	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef up	participle	the team not said here	team's defence					tree rules
3	defend		team						nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

Stop beefing about the homework! (informal)

Sentence 1: Stop beefing about the homework!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	beefing	beef	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 homework	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 homework	det
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 beefing	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	beef	gerund	you not said here					about the homework	tree rules

Sentence 2: (informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct

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

Example 8

I hate cow-beef; it is not tender enough for me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beef	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 cow	punct
5	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tender	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tender	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tender	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tender	advmod
10	tender	tender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hate	conj
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 tender	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tender	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	I	cow beef					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beef=Stimulus
2	not is	present	beef					for me; enough, tender property	tree rules

Example 9

and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 threescore	cc
2	threescore	threescore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beeves	cc
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thousand	compound
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 beeves	nummod
6	beeves	beef	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threescore	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 NUM.31.33	punct
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 NUM.31.33	punct
9	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 NUM.31.33	compound
10	NUM.31.33	NUM.31.33	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beeves	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 JPS	punct
12	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 NUM.31.33	flat
13	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 NUM.31.33	flat
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 NUM.31.33	punct

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

Example 10

and thirty and six thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beeves	cc
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 beeves	nummod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 thousand	cc
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thousand	nummod
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 thirty	conj
6	beeves	beef	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 beeves	punct
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 NUM.31.44	punct
9	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 NUM.31.44	compound
10	NUM.31.44	NUM.31.44	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beeves	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 JPS	punct
12	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 NUM.31.44	conj
13	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 NUM.31.44	flat
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 NUM.31.44	punct

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

Example 11

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve. (Torah NUM.31.38, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 threescore	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beeves	det
3	beeves	beef	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thirty	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thirty	cop
5	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 threescore	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thousand	cc
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 thousand	nummod
8	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 thirty	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 threescore	punct
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 threescore	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 LORD	det
13	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 tribute	nmod:poss
14	'S	's	PART	_	13 LORD	case
15	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 threescore	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 threescore	cop
17	threescore	threescore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 twelve	cc
19	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 threescore	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 threescore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the beeves	thirty				six thousand conj	tree rules
2	is	past	thirty					which obl; the LORD's tribute nsubj; twelve conj; threescore property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah NUM.31.38, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.31.38	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.31.38	compound
3	NUM.31.38	NUM.31.38	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.31.38	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.31.38	punct

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

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📖 beef

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

Everyday, meaning 5

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