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blub

Who acts: way, He, ice cream, you, I, little boy · What happens: cry, seem, start, blub, fall, stop · To what, where: way, floor, me, end, teddy, scratch · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

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

To cry noisily, often in a way that seems babyish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cry	mark
2	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	noisily	noisily	ADV	_	2 cry	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
5	often	often	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	obl:unmarked
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 seems	nsubj
10	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	acl:relcl
11	babyish	babyish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seems	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	to-infinitive				a way		noisily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location
2	seem	present	a way					babyish property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

He started to blub when his ice cream fell on the floor.

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 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 blub	mark
4	blub	blub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 started	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 fell	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cream	nmod:poss
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blub	advcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 floor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	He						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	blub	to-infinitive	He not said here						tree rules
3	fall	past	his ice cream			the floor			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location

Example 2

Stop blubbing and tell me what happened.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	blubbing	blubb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	blubb	gerund	you not said here						tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

I nearly blubbed at the end of the film.

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 blubbed	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 blubbed	advmod
3	blubbed	blubb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blubbed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 film	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 film	det
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blubbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blubb	past	I				at the end of the film	nearly property	tree rules

Example 4

The little boy was blubbing because he lost his teddy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blubbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blubbing	aux
5	blubbing	blubb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blubbing	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 teddy	nmod:poss
10	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 blubbing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blubb	past · progressive	the little boy						tree rules
2	lose	past	boy	boy's teddy					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Eventuality

Example 5

Don't blub – it's only a scratch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 blub	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 blub	advmod
3	blub	blub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	–	-	PUNCT	_	9 scratch	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scratch	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scratch	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 scratch	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 scratch	det
9	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blub	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not blub	imperative · do-support	you not said here						tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a scratch					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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