coo Who acts: people, She, soft sound, baby, Aunt, We · What happens: make, speak, do, coo, exclaim, kick · To what, where: soft low round sound, babies, baby, happy sound, surprise, pigeons · Speech: someone speaks here
«coo» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: coo in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound.
The tree, 12 words case det cc conj mark acl nmod:poss amod punct amod punct amod obj punct root For ADP a DET pigeon NOUN or CCONJ dove NOUN to PART make VERB its PRON soft ADJ , PUNCT low ADJ , PUNCT round ADJ sound NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 For for ADP _ 3 pigeon case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 pigeon det 3 pigeon pigeon NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 dove cc 5 dove dove NOUN Number=Sing 3 pigeon conj 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 dove acl 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 sound nmod:poss 9 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 14 sound amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 soft punct 11 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 14 sound amod 12 , , PUNCT _ 11 low punct 13 round round ADJ Degree=Pos 14 sound amod 14 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 7 make obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 pigeon punct
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1 make to-infinitive dove's soft low round sound vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
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: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To speak softly and lovingly, as people do to babies: «She cooed over the baby.».
The tree, 15 words mark advmod cc conj punct mark nsubj conj case obl punct punct nsubj acl:relcl case det obl punct punct punct root To PART speak VERB softly ADV and CCONJ lovingly ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ people NOUN do VERB to ADP babies NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT She PRON cooed VERB over ADP the DET baby NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 speak mark 2 speak speak VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 softly softly ADV _ 2 speak advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 lovingly cc 5 lovingly lovingly ADV _ 3 softly conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 do punct 7 as as SCONJ _ 9 do mark 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 9 do nsubj 9 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 speak conj 10 to to ADP _ 11 babies case 11 babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 9 do obl 12 : : PUNCT _ 15 cooed punct 13 « « PUNCT _ 15 cooed punct 14 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 cooed nsubj 15 cooed coo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 babies acl:relcl 16 over over ADP _ 18 baby case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 baby det 18 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 15 cooed obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 15 cooed punct 20 » » PUNCT _ 15 cooed punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 speak punct
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1 speak speech: other to-infinitive softly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 do present people to babies vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 coo in a quote past She babies not said here the baby vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
Meaning 3 Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
The soft sound a dove makes, or a baby's happy sound.
det amod nsubj det nsubj punct cc det nmod:poss case amod obj punct root The DET soft ADJ sound NOUN a DET dove NOUN makes VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ a DET baby NOUN 's PART happy ADJ sound NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sound det 2 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sound amod 3 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 dove det 5 dove dove NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 sound punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 13 sound cc 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 baby det 10 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 13 sound nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 baby case 12 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 13 sound amod 13 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 makes punct
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1 make present the soft sound a baby's happy sound vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
Meaning 4 Usage: UK, old-fashioned, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
«Coo!» — an exclamation of surprise, like «Wow!».
The tree, 7 words punct punct punct punct det conj case nmod punct case punct conj punct punct punct root « PUNCT Coo NOUN ! PUNCT » PUNCT — PUNCT an DET exclamation NOUN of ADP surprise NOUN , PUNCT like ADP « PUNCT Wow INTJ ! PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Coo punct 2 Coo coo NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Coo punct 4 » » PUNCT _ 2 Coo punct 5 — - PUNCT _ 7 exclamation punct 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 exclamation det 7 exclamation exclamation NOUN Number=Sing 2 Coo conj 8 of of ADP _ 9 surprise case 9 surprise surprise NOUN Number=Sing 7 exclamation nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 Wow punct 11 like like ADP _ 13 Wow case 12 « « PUNCT _ 13 Wow punct 13 Wow wow INTJ _ 7 exclamation conj 14 ! ! PUNCT _ 13 Wow punct 15 » » PUNCT _ 2 Coo punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 Coo punct
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1 exclaim surprise nom exclamation «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The pigeons cooed on the roof all morning.
det acl case det obl det obl:unmarked punct root The DET pigeons NOUN cooed VERB on ADP the DET roof NOUN all DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pigeons det 2 pigeons pigeon NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 cooed coo VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 pigeons acl 4 on on ADP _ 6 roof case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 roof det 6 roof roof NOUN Number=Sing 3 cooed obl 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 morning det 8 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 3 cooed obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 pigeons punct
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1 coo participle the pigeons not said here the roof morning vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 The baby cooed and kicked her legs.
det nsubj cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root The DET baby NOUN cooed VERB and CCONJ kicked VERB her PRON legs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baby det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 cooed nsubj 3 cooed coo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 kicked cc 5 kicked kick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cooed conj 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 legs nmod:poss 7 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 5 kicked obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 cooed punct
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1 coo past the baby vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 kick past the baby not said here baby's legs vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
Example 3 Aunt Sally cooed over the new kittens.
nsubj flat case det amod obl punct root Aunt PROPN Sally PROPN cooed VERB over ADP the DET new ADJ kittens NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aunt Aunt PROPN Number=Sing 3 cooed nsubj 2 Sally Sally PROPN Number=Sing 1 Aunt flat 3 cooed coo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADP _ 7 kittens case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 kittens det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 kittens amod 7 kittens kitten NOUN Number=Plur 3 cooed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 cooed punct
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1 coo past Aunt over the new kittens vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 We heard the soft coo of a dove in the garden.
nsubj det amod obj case det nmod case det obl punct root We PRON heard VERB the DET soft ADJ coo NOUN of ADP a DET dove NOUN in ADP the DET garden NOUN . PUNCT 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 heard nsubj 2 heard hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 coo det 4 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 5 coo amod 5 coo coo NOUN Number=Sing 2 heard obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 dove case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 dove det 8 dove dove NOUN Number=Sing 5 coo nmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 garden case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 garden det 11 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 2 heard obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 heard punct
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1 hear past We the soft coo of a dove the garden vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer coo=Stimulus 2 coo a dove nom coo «event intransitive»: of=agent
Example 5 "Who's a lovely boy?" cooed Nan to the puppy.
punct nsubj cop det amod nsubj punct punct obj case det obl punct root " PUNCT Who PRON 's AUX a DET lovely ADJ boy NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT cooed VERB Nan PROPN to ADP the DET puppy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 boy punct 2 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 boy nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 boy cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 boy det 5 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos 6 boy amod 6 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 9 cooed nsubj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 boy punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 boy punct 9 cooed coo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 Nan Nan PROPN Number=Sing 9 cooed obj 11 to to ADP _ 13 puppy case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 puppy det 13 puppy puppy NOUN Number=Sing 9 cooed obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 cooed punct
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1 is a in a quote present a lovely boy tree rules 2 coo past a lovely boy Nan the puppy vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nan=Topic to puppy=Recipient
Example 6 Coo, look at the size of that cake!
nsubj punct case det obl case det nmod punct root Coo NOUN , PUNCT look VERB at ADP the DET size NOUN of ADP that DET cake NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Coo coo NOUN Number=Sing 3 look nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Coo punct 3 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 size case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 size det 6 size size NOUN Number=Sing 3 look obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 cake case 8 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 cake det 9 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 size nmod 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 look punct
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1 look infinitive Coo at the size of that cake vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at size=Theme
Example 7 The doves were cooing in the church tower.
det nsubj aux case det compound obl punct root The DET doves NOUN were AUX cooing VERB in ADP the DET church NOUN tower NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 doves det 2 doves dove NOUN Number=Plur 4 cooing nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 cooing aux 4 cooing coo VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 tower case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tower det 7 church church NOUN Number=Sing 8 tower compound 8 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 4 cooing obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 cooing punct
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1 coo past · progressive the doves the church tower vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 She looked round and cooed: “How thoughtful of you.
nsubj advmod cc conj punct punct advmod ccomp case obl punct root She PRON looked VERB round ADV and CCONJ cooed VERB : PUNCT “ PUNCT How ADV thoughtful ADJ of ADP you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 round round ADV _ 2 looked advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 cooed cc 5 cooed coo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 looked conj 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 thoughtful punct 7 “ " PUNCT _ 9 thoughtful punct 8 How how ADV PronType=Int 9 thoughtful advmod 9 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 cooed ccomp 10 of of ADP _ 11 you case 11 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 thoughtful obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look round past She round property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 coo past She not said here vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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