buffoon

Who acts: person, others, buffoon, crowd · What happens: act, make, laugh, grunt, squeak, stand · To what, where: others, platform, buffoon

«buffoon» 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: buffoon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who acts silly or clownish to make others laugh; a clown or fool.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 acts	nsubj
4	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acts	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 clownish	cc
7	clownish	clownish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silly	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 clownish	xcomp
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 clown	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 clown	det
14	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 fool	cc
16	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clown	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	act	present	a person and a clown or fool		silly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive	a person and a clown or fool not said here	others		tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive	others not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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

The buffoon grunted and squeaked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffoon	det
2	buffoon	buffoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grunted	nsubj
3	grunted	grunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 squeaked	cc
5	squeaked	squeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grunted	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grunted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grunt	past	the buffoon						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	squeak	past	the buffoon not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The buffoon stood alone on the platform.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffoon	det
2	buffoon	buffoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 platform	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 platform	det
7	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the buffoon			the platform		alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on platform=Location

Example 3

The crowd laughed at the buffoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 buffoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 buffoon	det
6	buffoon	buffoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the crowd			the buffoon			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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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