babble

Who acts: way, She, many voices, baby, you, We · What happens: talk, be, understand, babble, make, bubble · To what, where: way, like sounds, soft bubbling sound, cot, babbling, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«babble» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: babble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To talk quickly in a way that is hard to understand or silly: «She babbled about her holiday.».

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 talk	mark
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 talk	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talk	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hard	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hard	cop
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 understand	mark
11	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hard	xcomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 silly	cc
13	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hard	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 babbled	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 babbled	punct
16	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 babbled	nsubj
17	babbled	babble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talk	advcl
18	about	about	ADP	_	20 holiday	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 holiday	nmod:poss
20	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 babbled	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 babbled	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 babbled	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	talk	to-infinitive		a way	quickly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a way		hard property	tree rules
3	understand	to-infinitive	a way not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	be		a way not said here			tree rules
5	babble in a quote	past	She		about her holiday	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about holiday=Topic

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

Usage: of a baby — kept apart, not parsed.

To make speech-like sounds before real words: «ba-ba-ba».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 speech	punct
5	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sounds	amod
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 words	case
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 ba	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 ba	punct
12	ba	ba	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ba	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ba	punct
14	ba	ba	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ba	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 ba	punct
16	ba	ba	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 ba	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		like sounds			before real words	ba ba ba obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Meaning 3

Usage: of water — kept apart, not parsed.

To make a soft, bubbling sound: «a babbling brook».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sound	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sound	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct
6	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sound	amod
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 brook	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 brook	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 brook	det
11	babbling	babbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brook	compound
12	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 brook	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a soft bubbling sound					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	bubble	gerund							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Meaning 4

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A noise of many voices at once, or silly talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voices	case
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 voices	amod
5	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 noise	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 voices	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 talk	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 talk	cc
10	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 talk	amod
11	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noise	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 noise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	noise		many voices						nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

The baby babbled happily in her cot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 babbled	nsubj
3	babbled	babble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	happily	happily	ADV	_	3 babbled	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cot	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cot	nmod:poss
7	cot	cot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 babbled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 babbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	babble	past	the baby			baby's cot		happily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cot=Location

Example 2

Stop babbling and tell me what happened!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	babbling	babbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	ccomp
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	babbling		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality babbling=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		me	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
3	happen	past				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

We sat by a babbling brook.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 brook	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 brook	det
5	babbling	babbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brook	compound
6	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	We					by a babbling brook	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location

Example 4

A babble of voices filled the canteen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 babble	det
2	babble	babble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 voices	case
4	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 babble	nmod
5	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 canteen	det
7	canteen	canteen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	a babble of voices	the canteen					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent canteen=Patient
2	babble			voices					nom babble «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

He babbled on about his new game for ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 babbled	nsubj
2	babbled	babble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 babbled	compound:prt
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 game	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 game	nmod:poss
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 game	amod
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 babbled	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 babbled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 babbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	babble on	past	He				for ages	about his new game	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about game=Topic

Example 6

Babies babble before they say their first word.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 babble	nsubj
2	babble	babble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 babble	advcl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 word	nmod:poss
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 babble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	babble	present	Babies		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Babies = baby	Babies's first word	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	word		Babies = baby		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

Then broke forth a rippling, laughing babble among the cone-shaped teepees.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 broke	advmod
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forth	forth	ADV	_	2 broke	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rippling	det
5	rippling	rippling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 laughing	punct
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 broke	advcl
8	babble	babble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laughing	obj
9	among	among	ADP	_	14 teepees	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 teepees	det
11	cone	cone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shaped	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 shaped	punct
13	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 teepees	amod
14	teepees	teepee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 laughing	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	a rippling	then	forth property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rippling=Patient
2	laugh	gerund	babble		among the shaped teepees	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babble=Theme
3	shape	participle				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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