mishap

Who acts: mishap, bad luck, bus, our, milk, we · What happens: be, spoil, trip, spill, allow, buy · To what, where: small accident, plan, mishap, 12 eggs

«mishap» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: mishap in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A mishap is a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mishap	det
2	mishap	mishap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accident	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accident	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 accident	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 accident	amod
6	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 piece	cc
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accident	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 luck	case
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 luck	amod
11	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 piece	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 spoils	nsubj
13	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 luck	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 plan	det
15	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spoils	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 accident	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a mishap	a small accident or piece of bad luck				piece of bad luck conj	tree rules
2	spoil	present	bad luck	a plan					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

The bus was late, which was a mishap for our trip.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 late	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 late	cop
4	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mishap	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 mishap	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 mishap	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mishap	det
9	mishap	mishap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 late	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 trip	case
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 trip	nmod:poss
12	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mishap	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 late	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bus		late property	tree rules
2	is a	past		a mishap	for our trip; which nsubj	tree rules
3	trip		our			nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

After a small mishap with the jug, the milk spilled everywhere.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 mishap	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mishap	det
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mishap	amod
4	mishap	mishap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spilled	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 jug	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jug	det
7	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mishap	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mishap	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 milk	det
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spilled	nsubj
11	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 spilled	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 spilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	the milk				after a small mishap with the jug	everywhere property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Allowing for mishaps, we will buy 12 eggs, not 10.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Allowing	allow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 buy	advcl
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 mishaps	case
3	mishaps	mishap	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Allowing	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Allowing	punct
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 buy	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 buy	aux
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 eggs	nummod
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buy	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 10	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 10	advmod
12	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 eggs	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 buy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	gerund	we not said here					for mishaps goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for mishap=Goal
2	buy	future	we	12 eggs					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

Example 4

Despite the mishap, the cake was still good.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despite	despite	ADP	_	3 mishap	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mishap	det
3	mishap	mishap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mishap	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cake	det
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cake				still	despite the mishap; good property	tree rules

Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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📖 mishap

Everyday, meaning 1

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