ado
Who acts: ado, you, he · What happens: mean, not make, turn, take · To what, where: much ado, himself, Jack, shoulders
«ado» in the school 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: ado in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Fuss, bustle or trouble. «Without ado» means at once, without delay or fuss.
Sentence 1: Fuss, bustle or trouble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuss | fuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bustle | punct |
| 3 | bustle | bustle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fuss | conj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 trouble | cc |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fuss | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fuss | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: «Without ado» means at once, without delay or fuss.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 ado | punct |
| 2 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 3 ado | case |
| 3 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 ado | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 means | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 delay | punct |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 delay | case |
| 10 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | parataxis |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 fuss | cc |
| 12 | fuss | fuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 delay | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | ado | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
Don't make much ado about nothing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ado | amod |
| 5 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 nothing | case |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 ado | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | imperative · do-support | you not said here | much ado | about nothing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ado=Product |
Example 2
Without more ado, he turned himself into a pike.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 3 ado | case |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 ado | amod |
| 3 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ado | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 turned | nsubj |
| 6 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 turned | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 pike | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pike | det |
| 10 | pike | pike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turned | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | he | himself = he | without more ado; into a pike result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Theme into pike=Result |
Example 3
Without ado, he took Jack on his shoulders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 2 ado | case |
| 2 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 ado | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 shoulders | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 9 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 took | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | Jack | Jack's shoulders | without ado | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jack=Theme on shoulder=Destination |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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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