cretin

Who acts: serious illness, mind, poor cretin, you, it · What happens: bear, stop, grow, creep away, not call, be · To what, where: person, body, bed, people · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly.

The tree, 15 words

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	root	root
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 illness	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 illness	det
6	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 illness	amod
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 born	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 stops	nsubj
9	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 illness	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 body	det
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stops	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mind	cc
13	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 body	conj
14	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 mind	acl
15	properly	properly	ADV	_	14 growing	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear	participle		a person not said here	with a serious illness	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	stop	present	a serious illness	the body and mind		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality body=Eventuality
3	grow	gerund	mind not said here		properly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP 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

Usage: rude — kept apart, not parsed.

A foolish or stupid person; now a hurtful insult.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 stupid	cc
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 foolish	conj
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 insult	punct
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 insult	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 insult	det
9	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 insult	amod
10	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

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

Example 1

The poor cretin crept away to his bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cretin	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cretin	amod
3	cretin	cretin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	nsubj
4	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 crept	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bed	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bed	nmod:poss
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crept	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep away	past	the poor cretin			cretin's bed		away property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bed=Destination

Example 2

Don't call people cretins; it is cruel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj
5	cretins	cretin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 cruel	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cruel	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	imperative · do-support	you not said here	people					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme cretin=Result
2	is	present	it					cruel property	tree rules

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