amiss

Who acts: Amiss, it, someone, little help, Governor, Something · What happens: mean, not be, take, be, offend, say · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

«amiss» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: amiss in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Amiss means wrong, or not as it should be: «something is amiss».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 amiss	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 amiss	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 amiss	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 amiss	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 amiss	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 amiss	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 amiss	cop
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 amiss	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 amiss	punct
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 amiss	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 amiss	cop
15	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 amiss	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Amiss					wrong property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not is in a quote	should	it					amiss property	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.

Meaning 2

«Take it amiss» means be upset or offended by what someone said.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
2	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Take	obj
4	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Take	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 upset	cop
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 offended	cc
10	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 upset	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 offended	obl
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	infinitive		it		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme amiss=Destination
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	infinitive			upset property	tree rules
4	offend	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	say speech: assert	past	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

«Come amiss» means be welcome: a little help can never come amiss.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
2	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	csubj
3	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Come	xcomp
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 welcome	cop
7	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 come	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 help	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 help	amod
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 come	advmod
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	parataxis
15	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 come	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive		amiss property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	infinitive		welcome property	tree rules
4	not come	can	a little help	amiss property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

«What's amiss with you?» said the Governor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 amiss	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 amiss	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 amiss	cop
4	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 amiss	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 amiss	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 amiss	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Governor	det
11	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						with you; amiss property	tree rules
2	say speech: ask	past	the Governor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Something is amiss; the cat keeps hiding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 amiss	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 amiss	cop
3	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 amiss	conj
8	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amiss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Something	amiss property	tree rules
2	keep	present	the cat		tree rules
3	hide	gerund	the cat not said here		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Don't take it amiss if I leave early.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 take	advmod
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	obj
5	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 take	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 leave	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 leave	nsubj
8	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	advcl
9	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 leave	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme amiss=Destination
2	leave a condition, not said to happen	present	I					early property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

A little help can never come amiss.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 help	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 help	amod
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	amiss	amiss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 come	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come	can	a little help					amiss property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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