confab

Who acts: friendly, you, 's, two friends, Brer · What happens: talk, chat, let, have, want · To what, where: 's, quick confab, long confab, shed, confab

«confab» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: confab in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A friendly, often private, talk or chat between people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friendly	det
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 talk	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 private	punct
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 private	advmod
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friendly	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 talk	punct
7	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 chat	cc
9	chat	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 talk	conj
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chat	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	a friendly						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	chat speech: other	present	a friendly not said here					between people	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Example 1

Let's have a quick confab about the plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 confab	det
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 confab	amod
6	confab	confab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 plan	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plan	det
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confab	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	have	infinitive	's not said here	a quick confab				about the plan	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confab=Patient

Example 2

The two friends had a long confab behind the shed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friends	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 friends	nummod
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 confab	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 confab	amod
7	confab	confab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 shed	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shed	det
10	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confab	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the two friends	a long confab		the shed			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confab=Patient

Example 3

Brer Fox wanted a confab with Brer Rabbit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 confab	det
5	confab	confab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 Rabbit	case
7	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rabbit	compound
8	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 confab	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Brer	a confab				with Brer Rabbit	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot confab=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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