blackguard

Who acts: rude dishonest person, You, rude little blackguard, blackguard, Old stories · What happens: behave, blackguard, shout, steal, call · To what, where: farmer, purse, sly mean man · Speech: someone speaks here

«blackguard» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: blackguard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

a rude, dishonest, rascally person who behaves badly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct
6	rascally	rascally	ADV	_	7 person	advmod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 behaves	nsubj
9	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	acl:relcl
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 behaves	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	present	a rude dishonest person					badly property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

Example 1

"You rude little blackguard!" shouted the farmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 blackguard	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 blackguard	nsubj
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blackguard	amod
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blackguard	amod
5	blackguard	blackguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouted	nsubj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 blackguard	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 blackguard	punct
8	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blackguard in a quote		You						tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past	rude little blackguard	the farmer					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Topic

Example 2

The blackguard stole the old woman's purse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blackguard	det
2	blackguard	blackguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purse	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 woman	case
8	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the blackguard	the old woman's purse					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location purse=Theme

Example 3

Old stories call a sly, mean man a blackguard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	nsubj
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
5	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sly	punct
7	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 blackguard	det
10	blackguard	blackguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	Old stories		a sly mean man				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient

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