bluster

Who acts: Bluster, He, nobody, Gentle words · What happens: be, threat, try, bluster, win, fail · To what, where: bluster, bully, referee

«bluster» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: bluster in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bluster	bluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 loud	cop
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talk	punct
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talk	amod
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loud	parataxis
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 threats	cc
8	threats	threat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 loud	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 force	case
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 force	amod
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 force	amod
12	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threats	obl
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 force	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bluster					loud property	tree rules
2	threat	present	Bluster not said here					with little real force behind Bluster	tree rules

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

To bluster is to talk loudly and boldly without much meaning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bluster	mark
2	bluster	bluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talk	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 talk	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 boldly	cc
8	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 loudly	conj
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 meaning	case
10	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meaning	amod
11	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						without much meaning; loudly, talk property	tree rules

Example 1

He tried bluster, but nobody was afraid.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bluster	bluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tried	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 afraid	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 afraid	cc
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 afraid	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 afraid	cop
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tried	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	He	bluster					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bluster=Eventuality
2	is	past	nobody					afraid property	tree rules

Example 2

The bully blustered at the referee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	blustered	bluster	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bully	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 referee	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 referee	det
6	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blustered	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bully	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bluster speech: other	participle		the bully not said here		the referee			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Gentle words win where bluster fails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 win	nsubj
3	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 fails	advmod
5	bluster	bluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fails	nsubj
6	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 win	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 win	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Gentle words						tree rules
2	fail	present	bluster						vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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