corpse Who acts: you, detective, old story, corpse, Flies, Egyptians · What happens: be, laugh, act, find, tell, walk · To what, where: corpse, library, eggs, cloth, mummy, stage · Speech: someone speaks here
«corpse» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: corpse in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The dead body of a person, and sometimes of an animal.
det amod case det nmod punct cc advmod case det conj punct root The DET dead ADJ body NOUN of ADP a DET person NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ sometimes ADV of ADP an DET animal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 body det 2 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 3 body amod 3 body body NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 of of ADP _ 6 person case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 person det 6 person person NOUN Number=Sing 3 body nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 animal punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 animal cc 9 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 12 animal advmod 10 of of ADP _ 12 animal case 11 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 animal det 12 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 3 body conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 body punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2 Usage: UK, slang, theatre — kept apart, not parsed.
To «corpse» is to burst out laughing by accident while acting, when you should be serious.
The tree, 16 words mark punct advcl punct cop mark compound:prt xcomp case obl mark advcl punct mark nsubj aux cop conj punct root To PART « PUNCT corpse NOUN » PUNCT is AUX to PART burst VERB out ADP laughing VERB by ADP accident NOUN while SCONJ acting VERB , PUNCT when SCONJ you PRON should AUX be AUX serious ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 3 corpse mark 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 corpse punct 3 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 7 burst advcl 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 corpse punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 burst cop 6 to to PART _ 7 burst mark 7 burst burst VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 out out ADP _ 7 burst compound:prt 9 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 burst xcomp 10 by by ADP _ 11 accident case 11 accident accident NOUN Number=Sing 9 laughing obl 12 while while SCONJ _ 13 acting mark 13 acting act VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 laughing advcl 14 , , PUNCT _ 19 serious punct 15 when when SCONJ _ 19 serious mark 16 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 19 serious nsubj 17 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 serious aux 18 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 19 serious cop 19 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 7 burst conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 7 burst punct
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1 is present burst property tree rules 2 laugh gerund by accident vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 act gerund vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is should you serious property tree rules
Example 1 The detective found a corpse in the library.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET detective NOUN found VERB a DET corpse NOUN in ADP the DET library NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 corpse det 5 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 library case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 library det 8 library library NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
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1 find past the detective a corpse the library vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Topic
Example 2 The old story tells of a corpse that walked at night.
det amod nsubj case det obl nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root The DET old ADJ story NOUN tells VERB of ADP a DET corpse NOUN that PRON walked VERB at ADP night NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 story amod 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 4 tells nsubj 4 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 corpse case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 corpse det 7 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 4 tells obl 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 walked nsubj 9 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 corpse acl:relcl 10 at at ADP _ 11 night case 11 night night NOUN Number=Sing 9 walked obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 tells punct
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1 tell speech: assert present the old story of a corpse vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 walk past a corpse night vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Flies laid their eggs on the bird's corpse.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root Flies NOUN laid VERB their PRON eggs NOUN on ADP the DET bird NOUN 's PART corpse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Flies fly NOUN Number=Plur 2 laid nsubj 2 laid lay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 eggs nmod:poss 4 eggs egg NOUN Number=Plur 2 laid obj 5 on on ADP _ 9 corpse case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bird det 7 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 9 corpse nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 bird case 9 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 2 laid obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 laid punct
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1 lay past Flies Flies's eggs the bird's corpse vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on corpse=Destination
Example 4 Egyptians wrapped a corpse in cloth to make a mummy.
nsubj det obj case obl mark advcl det obj punct root Egyptians PROPN wrapped VERB a DET corpse NOUN in ADP cloth NOUN to PART make VERB a DET mummy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN Number=Plur 2 wrapped nsubj 2 wrapped wrap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 corpse det 4 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrapped obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 cloth case 6 cloth cloth NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrapped obl 7 to to PART _ 8 make mark 8 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wrapped advcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 mummy det 10 mummy mummy NOUN Number=Sing 8 make obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrapped punct
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1 wrap past Egyptians a corpse cloth vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme in cloth=Destination 2 make to-infinitive Egyptians not said here a mummy vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mummy=Product
Example 5 He looked as pale as a corpse after the roller coaster.
nsubj advmod xcomp case det obl case det compound obl punct root He PRON looked VERB as ADV pale ADJ as ADP a DET corpse NOUN after ADP the DET roller NOUN coaster NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 as as ADV _ 4 pale advmod 4 pale pale ADJ Degree=Pos 2 looked xcomp 5 as as ADP _ 7 corpse case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 corpse det 7 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 8 after after ADP _ 11 coaster case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 coaster det 10 roller roller NOUN Number=Sing 11 coaster compound 11 coaster coaster NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
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1 look past He after the roller coaster as a corpse; pale property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 6 The actor corpsed and couldn't stop giggling on stage.
det nsubj cc aux advmod conj xcomp case obl punct root The DET actor NOUN corpsed VERB and CCONJ could AUX n't PART stop VERB giggling VERB on ADP stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 actor det 2 actor actor NOUN Number=Sing 3 corpsed nsubj 3 corpsed corps VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 stop cc 5 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 stop aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 stop advmod 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 corpsed conj 8 giggling giggle VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 stop xcomp 9 on on ADP _ 10 stage case 10 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 8 giggling obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 corpsed punct
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1 corps participle the actor tree rules 2 not stop could the actor not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 giggle gerund the actor not said here stage vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 They both bent over the corpse.
nsubj nsubj case det obl punct root They PRON both DET bent VERB over ADP the DET corpse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 bent nsubj 2 both both DET PronType=Tot 3 bent nsubj 3 bent bent VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 over over ADP _ 6 corpse case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 corpse det 6 corpse corpse NOUN Number=Sing 3 bent obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 bent punct
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1 bent present They the corpse tree rules
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