cripes
Who acts: surprise, Cripes · What happens: cry, be, lose, say, freeze, eat · To what, where: Cripes · Speech: someone speaks here
«cripes» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: cripes in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: informal, old-fashioned, euphemism — kept apart, not parsed.
a cry of surprise, alarm or annoyance; a soft stand-in for «Christ».
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cry | det |
| 2 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 surprise | case |
| 4 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cry | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 alarm | punct |
| 6 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cry | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 annoyance | cc |
| 8 | annoyance | annoyance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cry | conj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 in | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 in | det |
| 11 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 in | amod |
| 12 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 in | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 stand | punct |
| 14 | in | in | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cry | appos |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 Christ | case |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 Christ | punct |
| 17 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 in | nmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 in | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry | surprise | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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.
Example 1
Cripes, that was close!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 close | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cripes | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 close | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 close | cop |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 close | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Cripes | close property | tree rules |
Example 2
Cripes, I've lost my keys again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cripes | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 keys | nmod:poss |
| 7 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lost | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 lost | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · perfect · passive | Cripes | again | tree rules |
Example 3
«Cripes!» said the boy in the old comic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Cripes | punct |
| 2 | Cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Cripes | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Cripes | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 comic | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 comic | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 comic | amod |
| 11 | comic | comic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boy | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Cripes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
Cripes, it's freezing in here.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 freezing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cripes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 freezing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 freezing | aux |
| 5 | freezing | freeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 here | case |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 freezing | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 freezing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · progressive | Cripes | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Example 5
Oh, cripes, the dog's eaten my sandwich.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 3 cripes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oh | punct |
| 3 | cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cripes | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eaten | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dog | case |
| 8 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 10 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eaten | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 eaten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | participle · passive | cripes | tree rules |
Example 6
Cripes, what a mess!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cripes | cripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mess | punct |
| 3 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 5 mess | det |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mess | det |
| 5 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cripes | conj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cripes | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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