anecdote

Who acts: evidence, one person, Grandad, speaker, you, One anecdote · What happens: use, not be, experience, tell, begin, write · To what, where: experience, general, anecdote, us, time, real data · Speech: someone speaks here

«anecdote» in the school 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: anecdote in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A short, interesting or funny story about a real event or person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 interesting	punct
4	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 short	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 funny	cc
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 short	conj
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 event	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 event	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 event	amod
11	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 story	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 person	cc
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 event	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 story	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A story from one person's experience used as evidence, which may not be true in general.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 experience	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 person	nummod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experience	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 story	nmod
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 experience	acl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 evidence	case
10	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 used	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 true	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 true	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 true	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 true	cop
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 evidence	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 general	case
18	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 true	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	participle		one person's experience not said here		as evidence	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	may	evidence		general	true property	tree rules
3	experience		one person				nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

Grandad told us an anecdote about his first day at school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 anecdote	det
5	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 day	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 day	nmod:poss
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Grandad	a anecdote	us		day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient anecdote=Topic

Example 2

The speaker began with a funny anecdote about her dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 anecdote	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 anecdote	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 anecdote	amod
7	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dog	nmod:poss
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anecdote	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the speaker					with a funny anecdote about speaker's dog	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with anecdote=Subeventuality

Example 3

Write an anecdote about a time you were surprised.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 anecdote	det
3	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 surprised	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 surprised	cop
9	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	a anecdote			time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anecdote=Theme
2	is	past	you	a time not said here				surprised property	tree rules

Example 4

One anecdote is not enough to prove that a medicine works.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 anecdote	nummod
2	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enough	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enough	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 enough	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 prove	mark
7	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 enough	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 works	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 medicine	det
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 works	nsubj
11	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prove	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 enough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	One anecdote	enough property	tree rules
2	prove	to-infinitive	One anecdote not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	work	present	a medicine		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

His speech was full of anecdotes about the team.

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	2 speech	nmod:poss
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 anecdotes	case
6	anecdotes	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 team	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 team	det
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 anecdotes	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His speech					of anecdotes about the team; full property	tree rules
2	speak		His = he						nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

That's just anecdotal — we need real data.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 anecdotal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anecdotal	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 anecdotal	advmod
4	anecdotal	anecdotal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anecdotal	conj
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 data	amod
9	data	data	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 anecdotal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					anecdotal property	tree rules
2	need	present	we	real data					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot data=Theme

Example 7

These are very few in number, and generally bear the character of anecdotes.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 few	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 few	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 few	advmod
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 number	case
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 few	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bear	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bear	cc
9	generally	generally	ADV	_	10 bear	advmod
10	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 few	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 character	det
12	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 anecdotes	case
14	anecdotes	anecdote	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 character	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 few	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	These			number		few property	tree rules
2	bear	present		the character of anecdotes				generally property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Patient

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