blahs

Who acts: I, winter blahs, walk, blahs, She, holidays · What happens: be, feed up, get, make, cure, bore · To what, where: feeling, Monday morning blahs, everyone, blahs, me, case

«blahs» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: blahs in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: US, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A feeling of being bored, tired, fed up or slightly sad, without a clear reason.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feeling	det
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bored	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 bored	cop
5	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feeling	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tired	punct
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bored	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fed	punct
9	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 fed	compound:prt
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 sad	cc
12	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	13 sad	advmod
13	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fed	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 reason	punct
15	without	without	ADP	_	18 reason	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 reason	det
17	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 reason	amod
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fed	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		bored property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	feed up	participle · passive	a feeling		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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.

The plural of «blah», as in blah blah blah: boring or empty talk.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plural	det
2	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blah	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 blah	case
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 blah	punct
5	blah	blah	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plural	nmod
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 blah	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 blah	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	12 blah	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 blah	case
10	blah	blah	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 blah	amod
11	blah	blah	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blah	compound
12	blah	blah	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 boring	punct
14	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 talk	amod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 empty	cc
16	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boring	conj
17	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blah	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 blah	punct

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

Example 1

I've got the Monday morning blahs.

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	3 got	nsubj
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blahs	det
5	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 blahs	compound
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blahs	compound
7	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · perfect	I	the Monday morning blahs					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blah=Stimulus

Example 2

The winter blahs make everyone grumpy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blahs	det
2	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blahs	compound
3	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 make	obj
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the winter blahs	everyone				grumpy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product

Example 3

A walk in the sunshine can cure the blahs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 walk	det
2	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cure	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sunshine	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sunshine	det
5	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cure	aux
7	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blahs	det
9	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cure	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	can	a walk in the sunshine	the blahs					vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer blah=Source

Example 4

All his blahs about football bored me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 blahs	det:predet
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 blahs	nmod:poss
3	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bored	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 football	case
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blahs	nmod
6	bored	bore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bored	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	past	his blahs about football	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

Example 5

She had a case of the blahs after the holidays ended.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 case	det
4	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blahs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blahs	det
7	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 case	nmod
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 ended	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 holidays	det
10	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ended	nsubj
11	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a case of the blahs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient
2	end	past	the holidays						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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