comedian Who acts: comedian, job, everyone, uncle, Charlie, Tom · What happens: be, laugh, tell, do, want, make · To what, where: person, jokes, funny things, stage, anyone, joke · Speech: someone speaks here
«comedian» 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: comedian in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A comedian is a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or doing funny things, on stage, on TV or in films.
The tree, 26 words det nsubj cop det nmod:poss nsubj cop mark acl:relcl obj xcomp mark advcl obj cc conj amod obj punct case obl punct case obl cc case conj punct root A DET comedian NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART make VERB people NOUN laugh VERB by SCONJ telling VERB jokes NOUN or CCONJ doing VERB funny ADJ things NOUN , PUNCT on ADP stage NOUN , PUNCT on ADP TV NOUN or CCONJ in ADP films NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 comedian det 2 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 7 job nmod:poss 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing 10 make nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 make cop 9 to to PART _ 10 make mark 10 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 person acl:relcl 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 make obj 12 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 make xcomp 13 by by SCONJ _ 14 telling mark 14 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 12 laugh advcl 15 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 14 telling obj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 doing cc 17 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 14 telling conj 18 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 19 things amod 19 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 17 doing obj 20 , , PUNCT _ 22 stage punct 21 on on ADP _ 22 stage case 22 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 17 doing obl 23 , , PUNCT _ 25 TV punct 24 on on ADP _ 25 TV case 25 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 17 doing obl 26 or or CCONJ _ 28 films cc 27 in in ADP _ 28 films case 28 films film NOUN Number=Plur 25 TV conj 29 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a comedian a person tree rules 2 is present job make property tree rules 3 laugh infinitive job not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 tell speech: assert gerund job not said here jokes vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient 5 do gerund job not said here funny things stage on TV or films vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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 A comedian is also anyone who is always being funny (a class comedian).
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop advmod nsubj cop advmod cop acl:relcl punct det compound appos punct punct root A DET comedian NOUN is AUX also ADV anyone PRON who PRON is AUX always ADV being AUX funny ADJ ( PUNCT a DET class NOUN comedian NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 comedian det 2 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 5 anyone nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 anyone cop 4 also also ADV _ 5 anyone advmod 5 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 funny nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 funny cop 8 always always ADV PronType=Tot 10 funny advmod 9 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 funny cop 10 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anyone acl:relcl 11 ( ( PUNCT _ 14 comedian punct 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 comedian det 13 class class NOUN Number=Sing 14 comedian compound 14 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 10 funny appos 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 14 comedian punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 anyone punct
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1 is a present a comedian anyone tree rules 2 is present always, funny property tree rules
Example 1 The comedian told a joke and everyone laughed.
det nsubj det iobj cc nsubj conj punct root The DET comedian NOUN told VERB a DET joke NOUN and CCONJ everyone PRON laughed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 comedian det 2 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 joke det 5 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 3 told iobj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 laughed cc 7 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 laughed nsubj 8 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 told conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the comedian a joke vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient 2 laugh past everyone vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 My uncle wants to be a stand-up comedian.
nmod:poss nsubj mark cop det compound punct compound ccomp punct root My PRON uncle NOUN wants VERB to PART be AUX a DET stand NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN comedian NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants nsubj 3 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 10 comedian mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 comedian cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 comedian det 7 stand stand NOUN Number=Sing 9 up compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 stand punct 9 up up NOUN Number=Sing 10 comedian compound 10 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 wants punct
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1 want present My uncle vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive My uncle not said here a up comedian tree rules
Example 3 Charlie Chaplin was a famous comedian in silent films.
nsubj flat cop det amod case amod nmod punct root Charlie PROPN Chaplin PROPN was AUX a DET famous ADJ comedian NOUN in ADP silent ADJ films NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charlie Charlie PROPN Number=Sing 6 comedian nsubj 2 Chaplin Chaplin PROPN Number=Sing 1 Charlie flat 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 comedian cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 comedian det 5 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 6 comedian amod 6 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 films case 8 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos 9 films amod 9 films film NOUN Number=Plur 6 comedian nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 comedian punct
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1 is a past Charlie a famous comedian silent films tree rules
Example 4 Tom is a bit of a comedian in our class.
nsubj cop det case det nmod case nmod:poss nmod punct root Tom PROPN is AUX a DET bit NOUN of ADP a DET comedian NOUN in ADP our PRON class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 4 bit nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 bit cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bit det 4 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 comedian case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 comedian det 7 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 4 bit nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 class case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 class nmod:poss 10 class class NOUN Number=Sing 7 comedian nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 bit punct
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1 is a present Tom a bit of a comedian in our class tree rules
Example 5 The comedian made funny faces on TV.
det nsubj amod obj case obl punct root The DET comedian NOUN made VERB funny ADJ faces NOUN on ADP TV NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 comedian det 2 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 faces amod 5 faces face NOUN Number=Plur 3 made obj 6 on on ADP _ 7 TV case 7 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the comedian funny faces TV vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product
Example 6 A good comedian knows when to pause.
det amod nsubj advmod mark ccomp punct root A DET good ADJ comedian NOUN knows VERB when ADV to PART pause VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 comedian det 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 comedian amod 3 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 4 knows nsubj 4 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 pause advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 pause mark 7 pause pause VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 knows ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 knows punct
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1 know present a good comedian vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 pause to-infinitive vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
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