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cuppa

Who acts: you, I, Nan, everyone, Mum, 's · What happens: fancy, put on, sit down, want, make, have · To what, where: cuppa, kettle, hot cuppa, bad news, 's, quick cuppa

«cuppa» 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: cuppa in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, UK/Australia/NZ/Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

A cup of tea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tea	case
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cup	nmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cup	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, less often — kept apart, not parsed.

A cup of any hot drink, such as coffee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 drink	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 drink	det
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drink	amod
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cup	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 coffee	punct
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 coffee	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cup	punct

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

Example 1

Fancy a cuppa? I'll put the kettle on.

Sentence 1: Fancy a cuppa?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fancy	fancy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cuppa	det
3	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fancy	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Fancy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	imperative	you not said here	a cuppa					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cuppa=Stimulus

Sentence 2: I'll put the kettle on.

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	3 put	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 put	aux
3	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kettle	det
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	3 put	compound:prt
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put on	future	I	the kettle					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent kettle=Goal

Example 2

Nan sat down with a cuppa and a biscuit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 cuppa	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cuppa	det
6	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 biscuit	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 biscuit	det
9	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cuppa	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past	Nan					with a cuppa and a biscuit	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

After the long walk, everyone wanted a hot cuppa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 walk	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 walk	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walk	amod
4	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 walk	punct
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cuppa	det
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cuppa	amod
10	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	everyone	a hot cuppa			after the long walk		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cuppa=Theme

Example 4

Mum always makes a cuppa when she's had bad news.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 makes	advmod
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cuppa	det
5	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 had	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 had	aux
9	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 makes	advcl
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 news	amod
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Mum	a cuppa				always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cuppa=Product
2	have	present · passive	Mum	bad news					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient

Example 5

Let's have a quick cuppa before we leave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cuppa	det
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cuppa	amod
6	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 leave	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 leave	nsubj
9	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 have	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	have	infinitive	's not said here	a quick cuppa					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cuppa=Patient
3	leave	present	we						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The builders stopped for a cuppa at ten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 builders	det
2	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cuppa	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cuppa	det
6	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 ten	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stopped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the builders			ten		for a cuppa	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ten=Location

Example 7

Grandad's idea of breakfast is toast and a strong cuppa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 idea	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toast	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 breakfast	case
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 idea	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 toast	cop
7	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cuppa	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cuppa	det
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cuppa	amod
11	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toast	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 toast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Grandad's idea of breakfast	toast and a strong cuppa					tree rules

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