bugger

Who acts: swear word, something, I, lid, You, Bugger · What happens: say, go, miss, be, open, bugger · To what, where: Bugger, bus, nothing, spoil, plate, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«bugger» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: bugger in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: rude, UK, Australia, Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

A swear word said when something goes wrong ("Bugger! I missed the bus").

Sentence 1: A swear word said when something goes wrong ("Bugger!

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	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	compound
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 goes	mark
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goes	xcomp
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 Bugger	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Bugger	punct
11	Bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a swear word						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	something	Bugger				wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: I missed the bus").

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 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bus	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	I	the bus					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

Meaning 2

Usage: rude — kept apart, not parsed.

An annoying or difficult person or thing ("This lid is a bugger to open").

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 difficult	cc
4	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 annoying	conj
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 thing	cc
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 bugger	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 bugger	punct
10	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 lid	det
11	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bugger	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bugger	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bugger	det
14	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	appos
15	to	to	PART	_	16 open	mark
16	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 bugger	acl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 bugger	punct
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 bugger	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	this lid	a bugger					tree rules
2	open in a quote	to-infinitive							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: informal, UK, Australia, affectionate — kept apart, not parsed.

A cheeky person, often a child ("You little bugger!").

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 child	punct
5	often	often	ADV	_	7 child	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	conj
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 bugger	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bugger	punct
10	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 bugger	nsubj
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bugger	amod
12	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 child	appos
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 bugger	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bugger	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 bugger	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bugger in a quote		You						tree rules

Meaning 4

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

"Bugger off" means go away; "bugger all" means nothing; "bugger up" means spoil.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
2	Bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 Bugger	compound:prt
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 means	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bugger	punct
10	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	nsubj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 bugger	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bugger	punct
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	parataxis
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 means	obj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 bugger	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 bugger	punct
17	bugger	bugger	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 means	ccomp
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 bugger	compound:prt
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 bugger	punct
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 means	conj
21	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 means	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bugger			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go away	infinitive			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present	bugger	nothing		tree rules
4	bugger up in a quote	infinitive				tree rules
5	mean	present	bugger not said here	spoil		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Topic

Example 1

"Bugger!" Dad said when he dropped the plate. (rude)

Sentence 1: "Bugger!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
2	Bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct

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

Sentence 2: Dad said when he dropped the plate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 dropped	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dropped	nsubj
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plate	det
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop	past	Dad	the plate					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme

Sentence 3: (rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

Example 2

This jar is a bugger to open. (rude)

Sentence 1: This jar is a bugger to open.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 jar	det
2	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bugger	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bugger	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bugger	det
5	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 open	mark
7	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bugger	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bugger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this jar	a bugger					tree rules
2	open	to-infinitive							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

Example 3

"Bugger off and leave me alone!" the old man shouted. (rude)

Sentence 1: "Bugger off and leave me alone!" the old man shouted.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
2	Bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouted	nsubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 leave	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Bugger	acl:relcl
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bugger	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouted	nsubj
13	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave off in a quote	infinitive	Bugger not said here	me				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

Example 4

We got bugger all done today. (rude)

Sentence 1: We got bugger all done today.

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 done	advmod
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bugger	acl
6	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 done	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	We	bugger					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bugger=Stimulus
2	do	participle		bugger not said here			today	all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

Example 5

"You cheeky little bugger," Grandad laughed. (affectionate, rude)

Sentence 1: "You cheeky little bugger," Grandad laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bugger	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bugger	nsubj
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bugger	amod
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bugger	amod
5	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laughed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bugger	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct
8	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 laughed	nsubj
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bugger in a quote		You						tree rules
2	laugh	past	Grandad						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (affectionate, rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 affectionate	punct
2	affectionate	affectionate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rude	punct
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 affectionate	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 affectionate	punct

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

Example 6

Don't say "bugger" at school; it is a swear word.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bugger	punct
5	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bugger	punct
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 word	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 word	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 word	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 word	det
13	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	compound
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	parataxis
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here	bugger		school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bugger=Topic
2	is a	present	bugger	a swear word					tree rules

Example 7

"Lucky bugger won the raffle again," said Uncle Pete. (rude)

Sentence 1: "Lucky bugger won the raffle again," said Uncle Pete.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 won	punct
2	Lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bugger	amod
3	bugger	bugger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	nsubj
4	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raffle	det
6	raffle	raffle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 won	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 won	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 won	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 won	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Pete	compound
12	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win in a quote	past	Lucky bugger	the raffle			again		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raffle=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	past	Uncle Pete						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Sentence 2: (rude)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

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