Mova0.5 pre-release⌕

☰

home / corpora / dictionaries / school dictionary / C / chivvy

chivvy

Who acts: someone, Mum, teacher, sheepdog, you, I · What happens: keep, tell, hurry up, do, chase, hunt · To what, where: someone, something, annoying way, us, bed, class · Speech: someone speaks here

«chivvy» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: chivvy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: mainly UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To keep telling someone to hurry up or do something, in an annoying way.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 telling	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hurry	mark
6	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 telling	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 hurry	compound:prt
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 do	cc
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hurry	conj
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 way	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 way	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 way	det
14	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 way	amod
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		someone					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic
3	hurry up not said to happen	to-infinitive	someone not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	infinitive	someone not said here	something		a annoying way			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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

To chase or hunt someone, or drive animals along.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 chase	mark
2	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 hunt	cc
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 chase	conj
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hunt	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 animals	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 animals	cc
8	drive	drive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animals	amod
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 someone	conj
10	along	along	ADV	_	9 animals	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chase	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	to-infinitive							vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	hunt	infinitive		someone					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme

Example 1

Mum chivvied us out of bed for school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chivvied	nsubj
2	chivvied	chivvy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 chivvied	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	6 bed	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chivvied	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chivvied	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chivvied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chivvy	past	Mum	us		bed		for school	tree rules

Example 2

The teacher chivvied the class back inside after the bell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chivvied	nsubj
3	chivvied	chivvy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chivvied	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	7 inside	advmod
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 chivvied	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 bell	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bell	det
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chivvied	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chivvied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chivvy	past	the teacher	the class			after the bell	inside property	tree rules

Example 3

The sheepdog chivvied the sheep through the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheepdog	det
2	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chivvied	nsubj
3	chivvied	chivvy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chivvied	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chivvied	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chivvied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chivvy	past	the sheepdog	the sheep		the gate			tree rules

Example 4

Stop chivvying me, I'm nearly ready!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	chivvying	chivvy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 chivvying	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ready	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 ready	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ready	cop
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 ready	advmod
8	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stop	parataxis
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	chivvy	gerund	you not said here	me					tree rules
3	is	present	I					nearly, ready property	tree rules

Example 5

Dad chivvied everyone into the car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chivvied	nsubj
2	chivvied	chivvy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 chivvied	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 car	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chivvied	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chivvied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chivvy	past	Dad	everyone		the car			tree rules

Example 6

In the story the weasels chivvied the poor rabbits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chivvied	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weasels	det
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chivvied	nsubj
6	chivvied	chivvy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rabbits	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rabbits	amod
9	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chivvied	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 chivvied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chivvy	past	the weasels	the poor rabbits		the story			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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chivvy/