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corny

Who acts: jokes, we, Dad, cracker joke, ending, love song · What happens: use, be, move, groan, joke, laugh · To what, where: film, sister, best friend, prize, field · Speech: someone speaks here

«corny» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: corny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Old-fashioned, silly or used too many times to be funny or moving, but often in a sweet way: «a corny joke».

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fashioned	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Old	punct
3	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 way	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 silly	punct
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fashioned	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 used	cc
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 silly	conj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 many	advmod
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 times	amod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	obl:unmarked
11	to	to	PART	_	13 funny	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 funny	cop
13	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 used	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 moving	cc
15	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 funny	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 way	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 way	cc
18	often	often	ADV	_	22 way	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 way	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 way	det
21	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 way	amod
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 joke	punct
24	«	«	PUNCT	_	27 joke	punct
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 joke	det
26	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 joke	amod
27	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 way	parataxis
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	27 joke	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle					time		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive						funny property	tree rules
3	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

Too sentimental, sweet or soppy: «a corny love song».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 sentimental	advmod
2	sentimental	sentimental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sweet	punct
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sentimental	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 soppy	cc
6	soppy	soppy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sentimental	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 song	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 song	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 song	det
10	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 song	amod
11	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 song	compound
12	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sentimental	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 song	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sentimental	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: rare — kept apart, not parsed.

Of or full of corn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 full	case
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 full	cc
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 corn	case
5	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 full	punct

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

Example 1

Dad's jokes are so corny that we all groan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jokes	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dad	case
3	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 corny	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 corny	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 corny	advmod
6	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 groan	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 groan	nsubj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 we	det
10	groan	groan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 corny	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 corny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dad's jokes					corny property	tree rules
2	groan	present	we						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	joke		Dad						nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The cracker joke was corny, but we laughed anyway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 joke	det
2	cracker	cracker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 joke	compound
3	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 corny	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 corny	cop
5	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 laughed	cc
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 laughed	nsubj
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 corny	conj
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	9 laughed	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 corny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the cracker joke					corny property	tree rules
2	laugh	past	we					anyway property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The ending of the film was a bit corny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ending	det
2	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corny	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 film	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ending	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 corny	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corny	obl:unmarked
9	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 corny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ending of the film					a bit obl:unmarked; corny property	tree rules
2	end			the film					nom ending «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 4

That corny love song makes my sister cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 song	det
2	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 love	amod
3	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 song	compound
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	that love song	my sister					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	my sister not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

I know it sounds corny, but you're my best friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sounds	nsubj
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 know	ccomp
5	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sounds	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 friend	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 friend	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 friend	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 friend	cop
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 friend	nmod:poss
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 friend	amod
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 know	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	sound	present	it					corny property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	present	you	my best friend					tree rules

Example 6

Why did the scarecrow win a prize? He was outstanding in his field. — That's so corny!

Sentence 1: Why did the scarecrow win a prize?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 win	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 win	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scarecrow	det
4	scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	nsubj
5	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prize	det
7	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 win	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past · do-support	the scarecrow	a prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality

Sentence 2: He was outstanding in his field. — That's so corny!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 outstanding	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 outstanding	cop
3	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 field	nmod:poss
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outstanding	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 outstanding	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 corny	punct
9	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 corny	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 corny	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 corny	advmod
12	corny	corny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 outstanding	conj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 outstanding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			his field		outstanding property	tree rules
2	is	present	That					corny property	tree rules

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