blab

Who acts: you, brother, He, She · What happens: tell, talk, not blab, blab, blab on, promise · To what, where: secret, much, teacher, whole class, anything, him · Speech: someone speaks here

«blab» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: blab in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To tell a secret, often by talking carelessly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tell	mark
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 talking	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	8 talking	advmod
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 talking	mark
8	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tell	advcl
9	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	8 talking	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		a secret					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient
2	talk	gerund						carelessly, often property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To talk too much about silly things.

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	too	too	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 much	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	to-infinitive		much					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent much=Patient

Example 1

Don't blab about the surprise party!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 blab	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 blab	advmod
3	blab	blab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 party	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 party	compound
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blab	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 blab	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blab speech: other	imperative · do-support	you not said here					about the surprise party	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Who blabbed to the teacher?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 blabbed	nsubj
2	blabbed	blab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blabbed	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 blabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blab speech: other	past			the teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient

Example 3

My brother blabbed my secret to the whole class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blabbed	nsubj
3	blabbed	blab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 secret	nmod:poss
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blabbed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blabbed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blab speech: other	past	My brother	my secret	the whole class				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic to class=Recipient

Example 4

He blabbed on about football for an hour.

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 blabbed	nsubj
2	blabbed	blab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 blabbed	compound:prt
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 football	case
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blabbed	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blabbed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 blabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blab on speech: other	past	He				hour	about football	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 5

She promised not to blab, and she didn't.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 blab	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 blab	mark
5	blab	blab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 did	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 did	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	She	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not blab speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not do	past	she	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

You can't tell him anything, he's such a blabbermouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 blabbermouth	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 blabbermouth	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 blabbermouth	cop
10	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	12 blabbermouth	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 blabbermouth	det
12	blabbermouth	blabbermouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	You	anything	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Topic
2	is a	present	he	such blabbermouth					tree rules

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