bicker

Who acts: bicker, spirits, two sisters, you, old man, ale · What happens: be, quarrel, bicker, sit, drink · To what, where: small wooden drinking bowl, cupful, bicker

«bicker» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: bicker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To bicker is to argue or quarrel about small things, again and again.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bicker	mark
2	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 argue	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 argue	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 argue	mark
5	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 quarrel	cc
7	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 argue	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 things	case
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 quarrel	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 again	punct
12	again	again	ADV	_	7 quarrel	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 again	cc
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 again	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 argue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						argue property	tree rules
2	quarrel	infinitive					again	about small things	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about thing=Theme

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A bicker is a small wooden drinking bowl or cup, and a bicker of spirits is a cupful of drink.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bicker	det
2	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowl	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bowl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bowl	amod
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bowl	amod
7	drinking	drinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowl	compound
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 cup	cc
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowl	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cupful	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cupful	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bicker	det
14	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cupful	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 spirits	case
16	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bicker	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 cupful	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cupful	det
19	cupful	cupful	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowl	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 drink	case
21	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cupful	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 bowl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bicker	a small wooden drinking bowl or cup and a cupful		tree rules
2	is a	present	a bicker of spirits	a cupful	of drink	tree rules
3	bicker		spirits			nom bicker «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

The two sisters bicker about who sits by the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sisters	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sisters	nummod
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bicker	nsubj
4	bicker	bicker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 sits	mark
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sits	nsubj
7	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bicker	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sits	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bicker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bicker	present	the two sisters						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit	present						by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location

Example 2

Why do you always bicker with your brother?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 bicker	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bicker	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bicker	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 bicker	advmod
5	bicker	bicker	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 brother	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 brother	nmod:poss
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bicker	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bicker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bicker	present · do-support	you					with your brother; always property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with brother=Co-Agent

Example 3

The old man drank a bicker of ale before bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bicker	det
6	bicker	bicker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 ale	case
8	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bicker	nmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 bed	case
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ale	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	the old man	a bicker of ale before bed					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bicker=Patient
2	bicker		ale before bed						nom bicker «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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