cur

Who acts: cur, Calling, man, village curs, Fury, Mouse · What happens: be, temper, call, mean, bark, chase · To what, where: dog, man, mangy cur, cart, cur, teeth · Speech: someone speaks here

«cur» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: cur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

A cur is a dog of no special breed, especially a bad-tempered or dirty one.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cur	det
2	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 breed	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 breed	det
8	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 breed	amod
9	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 one	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	18 one	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 one	det
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tempered	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 bad	punct
15	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 one	amod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 dirty	cc
17	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cur	a dog and a tempered dirty one				of no special breed	tree rules
2	temper	participle							tree rules

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: old, insulting — kept apart, not parsed.

Calling a man a cur means he is mean, cowardly or worthless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 means	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cur	det
5	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mean	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mean	cop
9	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cowardly	punct
11	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mean	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 worthless	cc
13	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mean	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a man		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme cur=Result
2	mean	present	Calling			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	man		mean property	tree rules
4	be		man not said here			tree rules
5	be		man not said here			tree rules

Example 1

A mangy cur barked at the beggar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cur	det
2	mangy	mangy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cur	amod
3	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	barked	bark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cur	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 beggar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beggar	det
7	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	participle		a mangy cur not said here				at the beggar	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at beggar=Stimulus

Example 2

«Out of my way, you cowardly cur!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 cur	punct
2	Out	out	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 way	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 way	nmod:poss
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cur	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 cur	nsubj
8	cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cur	amod
9	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 cur	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 cur	punct

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

Example 3

The village curs chased the cart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 curs	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curs	compound
3	curs	cur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cart	det
6	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 chased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	the village curs	the cart					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme

Example 4

The cur snarled and showed its teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cur	det
2	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showed	nsubj
3	snarled	snarl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cur	acl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 snarled	cc
5	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teeth	nmod:poss
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 showed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snarl	participle		the cur not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	past	the cur	cur's teeth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient

Example 5

Only a cur would hit someone smaller.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 cur	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cur	det
3	cur	cur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	aux
5	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 hit	obj
7	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 hit	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	would	a cur	someone				small property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme

Example 6

Fury, the dog in the Mouse's tale, acts as judge and jury.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fury	Fury	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 acts	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dog	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fury	appos
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 tale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mouse	det
7	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tale	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Mouse	case
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dog	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fury	punct
11	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 judge	case
13	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 acts	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 jury	cc
15	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 judge	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 acts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	present	Fury					as judge and jury	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as judge=Attribute
2	tell		the Mouse						nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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