booby

Who acts: large tropical seabird, someone, footed booby, Boobies, you, box · What happens: dive, catch, set off, touch, look, dance · To what, where: sea, fish, hidden bomb, something, feet, high · Speech: someone speaks here

«booby» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: booby in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A large tropical seabird with bright blue or red feet that dives into the sea to catch fish.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seabird	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seabird	amod
3	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seabird	amod
4	seabird	seabird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dives	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	10 feet	case
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 red	cc
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blue	conj
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dives	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 dives	nsubj
12	dives	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dives	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 catch	mark
17	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 dives	advcl
18	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 catch	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 dives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	present	a large tropical seabird			the sea		with bright blue feet	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Location
2	catch	to-infinitive	a large tropical seabird not said here	fish					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

A silly or stupid person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 stupid	cc
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silly	conj
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: rude, slang — kept apart, not parsed.

a rude word for a part of the body; not for school.

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	_	6 part	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 school	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 school	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct

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

Meaning 4

A booby trap: a hidden trap, often a hidden bomb, set off when someone touches something harmless-looking.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trap	det
2	booby	booby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trap	compound
3	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 trap	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trap	det
6	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trap	amod
7	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trap	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bomb	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	12 bomb	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bomb	det
11	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bomb	amod
12	bomb	bomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trap	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 set	punct
14	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 bomb	acl
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 set	compound:prt
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 touches	advmod
17	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 touches	nsubj
18	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 set	advcl
19	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 touches	obj
20	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 looking	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 harmless	punct
22	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 something	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	set off	participle		a hidden bomb not said here	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	touch	present	someone	something	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme
3	look	gerund	someone not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

The blue-footed booby dances to show off its feet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 booby	det
2	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 footed	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 blue	punct
4	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 booby	amod
5	booby	booby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dances	nsubj
6	dances	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dances	xcomp
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 show	compound:prt
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feet	nmod:poss
11	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dances	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	present	the footed booby						tree rules
2	show off	to-infinitive	the footed booby not said here	booby's feet					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent foot=Recipient

Example 2

Boobies dive from high up to catch fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boobies	booby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dive	nsubj
2	dive	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 high	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dive	obl
5	up	up	ADV	_	2 dive	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 catch	mark
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dive	advcl
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catch	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive up	present	Boobies			high			vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from high=Location
2	catch	to-infinitive	Boobies not said here	fish					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Example 3

Don't open the box, it might be a booby trap!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 open	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 open	advmod
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 trap	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 trap	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 trap	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 trap	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trap	det
11	booby	booby	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trap	compound
12	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obl
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 open	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the box					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme
2	is a	might	box	a booby trap					tree rules

Example 4

The soldiers checked the road for booby traps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 checked	nsubj
3	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 traps	case
7	booby	booby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 traps	compound
8	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 checked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	the soldiers	the road				for booby traps	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent road=Theme for trap=Attribute

Example 5

I came last and won the booby prize, a wooden spoon.

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	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	last	last	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 won	cc
5	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prize	det
7	booby	booby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prize	compound
8	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 won	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spoon	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 spoon	det
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 spoon	amod
12	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prize	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	I					last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	win	past	I not said here	the booby prize and a wooden spoon					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality

Example 6

(rude) The older boys giggled and said "boobies".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boys	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 boys	amod
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giggled	nsubj
7	giggled	giggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 giggled	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 boobies	punct
11	boobies	booby	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 boobies	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 giggled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	giggle	past	the rude older boys						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the rude older boys not said here	boobies					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent booby=Topic

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