bobby Who acts: Bobby, bobby pin, lost child, bobbies, She, We · What happens: be, help, lose, find, walk, call · To what, where: girl name, small hair grip, lost child, mum, streets, Victorian · Speech: someone speaks here
«bobby» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: bobby in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: UK, old-fashioned informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A police officer.
det compound punct root A DET police NOUN officer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 officer det 2 police police NOUN Number=Sing 3 officer compound 3 officer officer NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 officer punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2 Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.
Bobby is a boy's or girl's name, short for Robert or Roberta.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det nmod:poss case cc compound case punct amod case obl cc conj punct root Bobby PROPN is AUX a DET boy NOUN 's PART or CCONJ girl NOUN 's PART name NOUN , PUNCT short ADJ for ADP Robert PROPN or CCONJ Roberta PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bobby Bobby PROPN Number=Sing 9 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 name cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 boy det 4 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 9 name nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 boy case 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 girl cc 7 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 9 name compound 8 's 's PART _ 7 girl case 9 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 short punct 11 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 9 name amod 12 for for ADP _ 13 Robert case 13 Robert Robert PROPN Number=Sing 11 short obl 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 Roberta cc 15 Roberta Roberta PROPN Number=Sing 13 Robert conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 name punct
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1 is a present Bobby a boy's girl name tree rules
Meaning 3 A bobby pin is a small hair grip (US, Canada).
det compound nsubj cop det amod compound punct appos punct conj punct punct root A DET bobby NOUN pin NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ hair NOUN grip NOUN ( PUNCT US PROPN , PUNCT Canada PROPN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 pin det 2 bobby bobby NOUN Number=Sing 3 pin compound 3 pin pin NOUN Number=Sing 8 grip nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 grip cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 grip det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 grip amod 7 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 8 grip compound 8 grip grip NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 10 US punct 10 US US PROPN Number=Sing 8 grip appos 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 Canada punct 12 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 10 US conj 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 US punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 grip punct
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1 is a present a bobby pin a small hair grip tree rules
Example 1 The bobby helped the lost child find her mum.
det nsubj det amod obj xcomp nmod:poss obj punct root The DET bobby NOUN helped VERB the DET lost VERB child NOUN find VERB her PRON mum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bobby det 2 bobby bobby NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped nsubj 3 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 child det 5 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 child amod 6 child child NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped obj 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 helped xcomp 8 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 mum nmod:poss 9 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 find obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 helped punct
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1 help past the bobby the lost child vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 lose participle vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 find infinitive the lost child not said here bobby's mum vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic
Example 2 In Victorian London, bobbies walked the streets.
case obl flat punct nsubj det obj punct root In ADP Victorian PROPN London PROPN , PUNCT bobbies NOUN walked VERB the DET streets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Victorian case 2 Victorian Victorian PROPN Number=Sing 6 walked obl 3 London London PROPN Number=Sing 2 Victorian flat 4 , , PUNCT _ 2 Victorian punct 5 bobbies bobby NOUN Number=Plur 6 walked nsubj 6 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 streets det 8 streets street NOUN Number=Plur 6 walked obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 walked punct
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1 walk past bobbies the streets Victorian vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent street=Theme in victorian=Trajectory
Example 3 Police officers are called bobbies after Robert Peel.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp case compound obl punct root Police NOUN officers NOUN are AUX called VERB bobbies NOUN after ADP Robert PROPN Peel PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Police police NOUN Number=Plur 2 officers compound 2 officers officer NOUN Number=Plur 4 called nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 called aux:pass 4 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 bobbies bobby NOUN Number=Plur 4 called xcomp 6 after after ADP _ 8 Peel case 7 Robert Robert PROPN Number=Sing 8 Peel compound 8 Peel Peel PROPN Number=Sing 4 called obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 called punct
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1 call present · passive Police officers after Robert Peel vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 4 Bobby is my grandad's name.
nsubj cop nmod:poss nmod:poss case punct root Bobby PROPN is AUX my PRON grandad NOUN 's PART name NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bobby Bobby PROPN Number=Sing 6 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 name cop 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 grandad nmod:poss 4 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 6 name nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 grandad case 6 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 name punct
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1 is a present Bobby my grandad's name tree rules
Example 5 She held her fringe back with a bobby pin.
nsubj nmod:poss obj advmod case det compound obl punct root She PRON held VERB her PRON fringe NOUN back ADV with ADP a DET bobby NOUN pin NOUN . PUNCT 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 held nsubj 2 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 fringe nmod:poss 4 fringe fringe NOUN Number=Sing 2 held obj 5 back back ADV _ 2 held advmod 6 with with ADP _ 9 pin case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 pin det 8 bobby bobby NOUN Number=Sing 9 pin compound 9 pin pin NOUN Number=Sing 2 held obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 held punct
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1 hold back past She her fringe with a bobby pin vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fringe=Theme
Example 6 We need more bobbies on the beat.
nsubj amod obj case det nmod punct root We PRON need VERB more ADJ bobbies NOUN on ADP the DET beat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 bobbies amod 4 bobbies bobby NOUN Number=Plur 2 need obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 beat case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 beat det 7 beat beat NOUN Number=Sing 4 bobbies nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 need punct
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1 need present We more bobbies the beat vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bobby=Theme
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