chipper
Who acts: you, takeaway, machine, Grandma, We, gardeners · What happens: be, sell, chop, feel, walk, get · To what, where: chipper, fish, wood, small chips, branches, phone
«chipper» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: chipper in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Cheerful and lively, full of energy, as in «you're very chipper this morning».
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 lively | cc |
| 3 | lively | lively | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cheerful | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 full | punct |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cheerful | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 energy | case |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 chipper | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 chipper | mark |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 chipper | case |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 chipper | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 chipper | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 chipper | cop |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 chipper | advmod |
| 15 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cheerful | appos |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 morning | det |
| 17 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 chipper | nmod:unmarked |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 chipper | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cheerful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | you | chipper | morning | tree rules |
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: Ireland, Scotland, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A chip shop, a takeaway selling fish and chips.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 2 | chip | chip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shop | compound |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 takeaway | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 takeaway | det |
| 6 | takeaway | takeaway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shop | appos |
| 7 | selling | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 takeaway | acl |
| 8 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 selling | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 chips | cc |
| 10 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fish | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | gerund | a takeaway not said here | fish and chips | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
Meaning 3
A machine that chops wood or branches into small chips (a wood chipper).
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 machine | det |
| 2 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 chops | nsubj |
| 4 | chops | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 machine | acl:relcl |
| 5 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chops | obj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 branches | cc |
| 7 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wood | conj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 chips | case |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chips | amod |
| 10 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chops | obl |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 chipper | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 chipper | det |
| 13 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chipper | compound |
| 14 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 chips | appos |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 chipper | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 machine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop | present | a machine | wood or branches | into small chips result | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent wood=Patient into chip=Result |
Example 1
Grandma was feeling chipper after her walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feeling | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 feeling | aux |
| 3 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feeling | obj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 walk | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 walk | nmod:poss |
| 7 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feeling | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 feeling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past · progressive | Grandma | chipper | after Grandma's walk | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chipper=Theme | |||
| 2 | walk | Grandma | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
You're very chipper for a Monday morning! (informal)
Sentence 1: You're very chipper for a Monday morning!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 chipper | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chipper | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 chipper | advmod |
| 4 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 7 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 morning | compound |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chipper | nmod |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 chipper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | chipper | morning | tree rules |
Sentence 2: (informal)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 informal | punct |
| 2 | informal | informal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 informal | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
We got fish and chips from the chipper. (Ireland)
Sentence 1: We got fish and chips from the chipper.
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 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 chips | cc |
| 5 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fish | conj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 chipper | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chipper | det |
| 8 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | We | fish and chips | the chipper | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Theme from chipper=Source |
Sentence 2: (Ireland)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ireland | punct |
| 2 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ireland | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 4
The gardeners fed branches into the chipper.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gardeners | det |
| 2 | gardeners | gardener | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fed | nsubj |
| 3 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fed | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 chipper | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chipper | det |
| 7 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | past | the gardeners | branches | the chipper | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Recipient |
Example 5
Stay well away from the wood chipper.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 away | advmod |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 chipper | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chipper | det |
| 6 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chipper | compound |
| 7 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 away | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 6
He sounded chipper on the phone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sounded | nsubj |
| 2 | sounded | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chipper | chipper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sounded | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 phone | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 phone | det |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sounded | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sounded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | past | He | chipper | the phone | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chipper=Theme |
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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