blockhead

Who acts: blockhead, silly blockhead, he · What happens: not be, say, forget, sum, call, be · To what, where: blockhead, sum, Hans · Speech: someone speaks here

«blockhead» 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: blockhead in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A rude word for a stupid person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct

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

Example 1

"Don't be such a blockhead," said his sister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 blockhead	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 blockhead	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 blockhead	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 blockhead	cop
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	7 blockhead	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blockhead	det
7	blockhead	blockhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 blockhead	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 blockhead	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sister	nmod:poss
12	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a in a quote	infinitive · do-support		such blockhead					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	such blockhead						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The silly blockhead forgot his sum again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blockhead	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blockhead	amod
3	blockhead	blockhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgot	nsubj
4	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sum	nmod:poss
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgot	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 forgot	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the silly blockhead	blockhead's sum			again		tree rules
2	sum		blockhead						nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Hans was called a blockhead, but he was kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hans	han	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blockhead	det
5	blockhead	blockhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kind	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 kind	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kind	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	cop
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 called	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		Hans					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is	past	he					kind property	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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