copycat

Who acts: person, someone, Copycat, brother, little sister, she · What happens: copy, do, say, wear, happen, shout · To what, where: something, drawing, copycat, everything, copycat versions, test · Speech: someone speaks here

«copycat» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: copycat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, often used by children — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who copies what someone else does, says or wears.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 copies	nsubj
4	copies	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 does	obj
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 does	nsubj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 copies	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wears	cc
12	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 says	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	copy	present	a person	tree rules
2	do	present	someone	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	present	a person	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	wear	present	a person not said here	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Copying something that happened before, like a copycat crime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Copying	obj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 something	acl:relcl
5	before	before	ADV	_	4 happened	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 crime	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 crime	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crime	det
9	copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crime	compound
10	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Copying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	gerund		something					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	happen	past						before property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

"Copycat!" she shouted when her brother copied her drawing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Copycat	punct
2	Copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Copycat	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Copycat	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 copied	advmod
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 copied	nsubj
10	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shouted	advcl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 drawing	nmod:poss
12	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 copied	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Copycat		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	copy	past	Copycat's brother	Copycat's drawing	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme
3	draw		Copycat		nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

My little sister is a copycat; she copies everything I do.

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	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 copycat	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 copycat	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 copycat	det
6	copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 copies	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 copies	nsubj
9	copies	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 copycat	acl:relcl
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 copies	obj
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 everything	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 copycat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	My little sister	a copycat	tree rules
2	copy	present	she	everything	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
3	do	present	I		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Police worried about copycat attacks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 attacks	case
4	copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attacks	compound
5	attacks	attack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 worried	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worried	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

That shop sells copycat versions of famous trainers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 versions	compound
5	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 trainers	case
7	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trainers	amod
8	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 versions	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	that shop	copycat versions of famous trainers					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme

Example 5

Copying in a test isn't just being a copycat; it's cheating.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copying	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 copycat	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 test	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Copying	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 copycat	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 copycat	advmod
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 copycat	advmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 copycat	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 copycat	det
10	copycat	copycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 cheating	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cheating	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cheating	aux
14	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 copycat	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 copycat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	copy	gerund			a test	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in test=Destination
2	not is a	present	Copying	a copycat		tree rules
3	cheat	present · progressive	copycat			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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