bugbear
Who acts: imaginary monster, you, I, Spiders, Homework · What happens: frighten, dread, be, bugbear, go · To what, where: children, bugbear
«bugbear» 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: bugbear in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A bogey or imaginary monster that frightens children (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bogey | det |
| 2 | bogey | bogey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 monster | cc |
| 4 | imaginary | imaginary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 monster | amod |
| 5 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bogey | conj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 frightens | nsubj |
| 7 | frightens | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 monster | acl:relcl |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 frightens | obj |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 11 use | punct |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 use | amod |
| 11 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 children | appos |
| 12 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 11 use | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bogey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | present | imaginary monster | children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
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
Something or someone you dread or are annoyed by.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 someone | cc |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Something | conj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 dread | nsubj |
| 5 | dread | dread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 someone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 annoyed | cc |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 annoyed | cop |
| 8 | annoyed | annoyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dread | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 annoyed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dread | present | you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you not said here | annoyed property | tree rules |
Example 1
«Yes, you bugbear, I shall go!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 go | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bugbear | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 bugbear | nsubj |
| 5 | bugbear | bugbear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Yes | vocative |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 go | nsubj |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bugbear in a quote | you | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | go in a quote | shall | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Spiders are my bugbear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bugbear | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bugbear | cop |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bugbear | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bugbear | bugbear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bugbear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Spiders | my bugbear | tree rules |
Example 3
Homework is a bugbear for many children.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bugbear | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bugbear | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bugbear | det |
| 4 | bugbear | bugbear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 children | amod |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bugbear | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bugbear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Homework | a bugbear | for many children | tree rules |
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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