pseudo

Who acts: pseudo, His, Mark, Astrology, you, your · What happens: mean, look, not be, pretend, be, talk · To what, where: pseudoscience, pseudonym, program, pseudocode, anyone, used pseudo scientific words

«pseudo» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: pseudo in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Usage: prefix — kept apart, not parsed.

«pseudo-» means false or pretend, looking like something it is not: pseudoscience, pseudonym.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 pseudo	punct
2	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 pseudo	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 pseudo	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 pretend	cc
8	pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 false	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 looking	punct
10	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 looking	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pseudoscience	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 pseudoscience	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 pseudoscience	advmod
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 pseudoscience	punct
17	pseudoscience	pseudoscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 something	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pseudonym	punct
19	pseudonym	pseudonym	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pseudoscience	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	pseudo		false property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund	pseudo not said here		like something	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	not is a	present	pseudo	pseudoscience and pseudonym	pseudonym conj	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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Usage: informal adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Fake, not genuine, or pretending to be clever: «His pseudo-intellectual talk annoyed everyone.».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 genuine	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 genuine	advmod
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fake	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pretending	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pretending	cc
7	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 genuine	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	10 clever	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 clever	cop
10	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pretending	xcomp
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 everyone	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 everyone	punct
13	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 talk	nmod:poss
14	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intellectual	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 pseudo	punct
16	intellectual	intellectual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 talk	amod
17	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 everyone	nsubj
18	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 everyone	amod
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Fake	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fake	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Fake	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund			tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive		clever property	tree rules
4	talk in a quote		His = he		nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mark	Mark	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pseudonym	nsubj
2	Twain	Twain	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mark	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pseudonym	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pseudonym	det
5	pseudonym	pseudonym	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Samuel	case
7	Samuel	Samuel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pseudonym	nmod
8	Clemens	Clemens	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Samuel	flat
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pseudonym	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mark	the pseudonym				of Samuel	tree rules

Example 2

Astrology is a pseudoscience, not a real science.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pseudoscience	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pseudoscience	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pseudoscience	det
4	pseudoscience	pseudoscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 science	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 science	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 science	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 science	amod
9	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pseudoscience	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pseudoscience	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Astrology	a pseudoscience and a real science				a real science conj	tree rules

Example 3

Write your program in pseudocode first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 program	nmod:poss
3	program	program	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pseudocode	case
5	pseudocode	pseudocode	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Write	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	your program		pseudocode		first property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent program=Theme in pseudocode=Destination
2	program		your						nom program «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

His pseudo-friendliness didn't fool anyone.

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	4 friendliness	nmod:poss
2	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friendliness	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 pseudo	punct
4	friendliness	friendliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fool	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fool	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fool	advmod
7	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 fool	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fool	past · do-support	His pseudo friendliness	anyone					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Example 5

Some authors use a pseudonym to stay private.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 authors	det
2	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pseudonym	det
5	pseudonym	pseudonym	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	advcl
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	some authors	a pseudonym					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pseudonym=Patient
2	stay	to-infinitive	some authors not said here					private property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The advert used pseudo-scientific words to sound clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 advert	det
2	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 words	amod
4	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 pseudo	punct
6	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 words	amod
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sound	mark
9	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 words	acl
10	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sound	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sound	to-infinitive						clever property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 7

Like Ecclesiasticus, the Pseudo-I3en Sira's "Alpha- bet of ben Sira" was also attributed to Joshua ben Jehozadak. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Like Ecclesiasticus, the Pseudo-I3en Sira's "Alpha- bet of ben Sira" was also attributed to Joshua ben Jehozadak.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Ecclesiasticus	case
2	Ecclesiasticus	Ecclesiasticus	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 attributed	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ecclesiasticus	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sira	det
5	Pseudo	Pseudo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 I3en	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Pseudo	punct
7	I3en	I3en	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sira	compound
8	Sira	Sira	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 bet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Sira	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bet	punct
11	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 bet	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Alpha	punct
13	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 attributed	nsubj:pass
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Sira	case
15	ben	ben	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Sira	nmod:desc
16	Sira	Sira	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 bet	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Sira	punct
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 attributed	aux:pass
19	also	also	ADV	_	20 attributed	advmod
20	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 ben	case
22	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 ben	compound
23	ben	ben	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 attributed	obl
24	Jehozadak	Jehozadak	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 ben	appos
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 attributed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	past · passive		the I3en Sira's Alpha bet of Sira ben				like Ecclesiasticus; to Joshua ben	tree rules
2	bet in a quote		the I3en Sira	Sira ben					nom bet «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 pseudo

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

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Example 5

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