bothersome
Who acts: Bothersome, you, bothersome fly, me, cricket · What happens: mean, cause, feel, put out, keep, land · To what, where: trouble, nose, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«bothersome» 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: bothersome in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Bothersome means annoying, causing trouble or worry, so that you feel put out.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bothersome | Bothersome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 causing | punct |
| 5 | causing | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 causing | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 worry | cc |
| 8 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trouble | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 feel | punct |
| 10 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 13 feel | mark |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 so | fixed |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 feel | nsubj |
| 13 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 causing | parataxis |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 feel | xcomp |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 put | compound:prt |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Bothersome | annoying property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cause | gerund | trouble or worry | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | you | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | put out | participle | you not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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
That bothersome fly kept landing on my nose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fly | det |
| 2 | bothersome | bothersome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fly | amod |
| 3 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | landing | land | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 nose | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 landing | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | that bothersome fly | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | land | gerund | that bothersome fly not said here | my nose | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on nose=Destination |
Example 2
Don't be bothersome; let me finish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 bothersome | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bothersome | cop |
| 4 | bothersome | bothersome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Do | csubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 let | punct |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bothersome | conj |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 let | obj |
| 8 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | infinitive | bothersome property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | finish | infinitive | me not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Example 3
The cricket was bothersome, chirping all night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cricket | det |
| 2 | cricket | cricket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bothersome | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bothersome | cop |
| 4 | bothersome | bothersome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chirping | punct |
| 6 | chirping | chirp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 bothersome | advcl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chirping | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bothersome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the cricket | bothersome property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chirp | gerund | the cricket not said here | night | vn animal_sounds-38 «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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