blimey

Who acts: surprise, Blimey, It, you, answer, I · What happens: cry, soften, form, look, be, cost · To what, where: old oath, time, much, blimey, 1,000

«blimey» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: blimey in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

a cry of surprise, shock or amazement, like «wow!» or «goodness!».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shock	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 surprise	case
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct
6	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 amazement	cc
8	amazement	amazement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shock	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wow	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 wow	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 wow	punct
12	wow	wow	INTJ	_	6 shock	conj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 goodness	cc
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 goodness	punct
17	goodness	goodness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shock	conj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry		surprise						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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: euphemism, origin — kept apart, not parsed.

a softened form of the old oath «God blind me».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 form	det
2	softened	soften	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 form	amod
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 oath	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oath	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oath	amod
7	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 blind	punct
9	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 blind	nsubj
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oath	appos
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 blind	nsubj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 blind	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	form			the old oath					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

Blimey, look at the size of that dog!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
3	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 size	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	Blimey					at the size of that dog	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at size=Theme

Example 2

Blimey, is that the time already?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 time	cop
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 time	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	already	already	ADV	_	6 time	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct

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

Example 3

«It costs how much? Blimey!»

Sentence 1: «It costs how much?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 costs	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 costs	nsubj
3	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 costs	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 costs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost in a quote	present	It	much					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value

Sentence 2: Blimey!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct

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

Example 4

Cor blimey, it's freezing out there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cor	cor	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cor	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 freezing	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 freezing	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 freezing	aux
6	freezing	freeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cor	advcl
7	out	out	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 freezing	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cor	imperative	you not said here	blimey					tree rules
2	freeze out	present · progressive	blimey			there			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Blimey, Charlie, you've grown!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grown	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Charlie	punct
3	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Blimey	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 grown	nsubj
6	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 grown	aux
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · perfect · passive		Blimey					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 6

The answer was 1,000? Blimey, I wrote 100.

Sentence 1: The answer was 1,000?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 1,000	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 1,000	cop
4	1,000	1000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 1,000	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the answer	1,000					tree rules

Sentence 2: Blimey, I wrote 100.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrote	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 wrote	nsubj
4	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 wrote	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	I	Blimey					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 100=Theme

Example 7

Blimey O'Reilly, what a mess!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	O'Reilly	O'Reilly	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Blimey	appos
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mess	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mess	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mess	det
6	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blimey	conj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Blimey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mess		Blimey and a mess						tree rules

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