absurdity Who acts: Absurdity, people, someone, king, absurdities, workmen · What happens: be, make, laugh, say, do, giggle · To what, where: quality, people, silly thing, absurdity, many absurdities · Speech: someone speaks here
«absurdity» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: absurdity in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Absurdity is the quality of being so silly or unreasonable that it makes people laugh.
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop det case cop advmod nmod cc conj mark nsubj advcl obj xcomp punct root Absurdity NOUN is AUX the DET quality NOUN of ADP being AUX so ADV silly ADJ or CCONJ unreasonable ADJ that SCONJ it PRON makes VERB people NOUN laugh VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Absurdity absurdity NOUN Number=Sing 4 quality nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 quality cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 quality det 4 quality quality NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 silly case 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 silly cop 7 so so ADV _ 8 silly advmod 8 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 4 quality nmod 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 unreasonable cc 10 unreasonable unreasonable ADJ Degree=Pos 8 silly conj 11 that that SCONJ _ 13 makes mark 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 makes nsubj 13 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 unreasonable advcl 14 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 makes obj 15 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 makes xcomp 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 quality punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Absurdity the quality tree rules 2 is gerund silly property tree rules 3 be tree rules 4 make present Absurdity people tree rules 5 laugh infinitive people not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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.
Meaning 2 An absurdity is a silly thing that someone says or does.
det nsubj cop det amod obj nsubj acl:relcl cc conj punct root An DET absurdity NOUN is AUX a DET silly ADJ thing NOUN that PRON someone PRON says VERB or CCONJ does VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 absurdity det 2 absurdity absurdity NOUN Number=Sing 6 thing nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 thing cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 thing det 5 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 thing amod 6 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 says obj 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 says nsubj 9 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 thing acl:relcl 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 does cc 11 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 says conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 thing punct
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1 is a present a absurdity a silly thing tree rules 2 say speech: assert present someone a silly thing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic 3 do present someone not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The king laughed at the absurdity of the plan.
det nsubj case det obl case det nmod punct root The DET king NOUN laughed VERB at ADP the DET absurdity NOUN of ADP the DET plan NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughed nsubj 3 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 absurdity case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 absurdity det 6 absurdity absurdity NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughed obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 plan case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 plan det 9 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 6 absurdity nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 laughed punct
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1 laugh past the king the absurdity of the plan vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Labakan's absurdities made the workmen giggle.
nmod:poss case nsubj det nsubj ccomp punct root Labakan PROPN 's PART absurdities NOUN made VERB the DET workmen NOUN giggle VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Labakan Labakan PROPN Number=Sing 3 absurdities nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Labakan case 3 absurdities absurdity NOUN Number=Plur 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 workmen det 6 workmen workman NOUN Number=Plur 7 giggle nsubj 7 giggle giggle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 made ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Labakan's absurdities tree rules 2 giggle present the workmen vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 She told so many absurdities that nobody believed her.
nsubj advmod amod iobj obj nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root She PRON told VERB so ADV many ADJ absurdities NOUN that PRON nobody PRON believed VERB her PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 so so ADV _ 4 many advmod 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 absurdities amod 5 absurdities absurdity NOUN Number=Plur 2 told iobj 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 believed obj 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 believed nsubj 8 believed believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 absurdities acl:relcl 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 believed obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past She many absurdities vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent absurdity=Recipient 2 believe past nobody many absurdities vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme she=Eventuality
Example 4 The story is full of absurdity, and that is why it is funny.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop case obl punct cc nsubj cop parataxis nsubj cop advcl:relcl punct root The DET story NOUN is AUX full ADJ of ADP absurdity NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ that PRON is AUX why ADV it PRON is AUX funny ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 absurdity case 6 absurdity absurdity NOUN Number=Sing 4 full obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 why punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 why cc 9 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 why nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 why cop 11 why why ADV PronType=Int 4 full parataxis 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 funny nsubj 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 funny cop 14 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 11 why advcl:relcl 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is present the story of absurdity; full property tree rules 2 is present that why property tree rules 3 is present story funny property tree rules
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