beef

Who acts: He, We, Beef, two rappers, team, you · What happens: be, have, beef up, make, beef, complain · To what, where: beef, something, burger, defence, cow beef

«beef» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: beef in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The meat from a cow, bull or ox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 meat	det
2	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 cow	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meat	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bull	punct
7	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meat	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 ox	cc
9	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bull	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meat	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef? He has beef with me).

Sentence 1: A complaint or a quarrel with someone (What's your beef?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 quarrel	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quarrel	det
5	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 complaint	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 quarrel	nmod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 beef	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 beef	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 beef	cop
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 beef	nmod:poss
12	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 someone	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 complaint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		your beef					tree rules

Sentence 2: He has beef with me).

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 beef	nmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	beef				with me	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Muscle or strength.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 strength	cc
3	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Muscle	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Muscle	punct

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

Meaning 4

To beef up: to make something stronger or bigger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beef	mark
2	beef	beef	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 beef	compound:prt
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 beef	conj
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 make	obj
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 make	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 bigger	cc
10	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 stronger	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beef	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef up	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive		something				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

Meaning 5

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To beef: to complain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beef	mark
2	beef	beef	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 complain	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 complain	mark
5	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 beef	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beef	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	complain speech: other	to-infinitive							vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

We had roast beef for Sunday lunch.

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	3 roast	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 roast	aux
3	roast	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roast	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lunch	compound
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roast	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 roast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past · perfect	We	beef				for Sunday lunch	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beef=Patient for lunch=Beneficiary

Example 2

Beef comes from cows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 cows	case
4	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comes	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Beef					from cows	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cow=Initial_Location

Example 3

The burger is made of minced beef.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burger	det
2	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 beef	case
6	minced	mince	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 beef	amod
7	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the burger				of minced beef	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	mince	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 4

What's your beef with me? (slang)

Sentence 1: What's your beef with me?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 beef	nmod:poss
4	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 beef	nmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	your beef with me						tree rules

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

Example 5

The two rappers have had beef for ages. (slang)

Sentence 1: The two rappers have had beef for ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rappers	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 rappers	nummod
3	rappers	rapper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 had	aux
5	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ages	case
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · perfect	the two rappers	beef			for ages		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Patient

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

Example 6

The team beefed up its defence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	beefed	beef	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 team	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 beefed	compound:prt
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 defence	nmod:poss
6	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beefed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 team	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beef up	participle	the team not said here	team's defence					tree rules
2	defend		team						nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

Stop beefing about the homework! (informal)

Sentence 1: Stop beefing about the homework!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	beefing	beef	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 homework	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 homework	det
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 beefing	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	beef	gerund	you not said here					about the homework	tree rules

Sentence 2: (informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct

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

Example 8

I hate cow-beef; it is not tender enough for me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beef	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 cow	punct
5	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tender	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tender	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tender	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tender	advmod
10	tender	tender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hate	conj
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 tender	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tender	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	I	cow beef					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beef=Stimulus
2	not is	present	beef					for me; enough, tender property	tree rules

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