cuss

Who acts: cuss, He, cart, you, old cuss · What happens: cuss, be, use, begin, stick, not cuss · To what, where: rude words, person, mud, front

«cuss» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: cuss in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To cuss is to swear or curse, using rude words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cuss	mark
2	cuss	cuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 swear	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 swear	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 swear	mark
5	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 curse	cc
7	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swear	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 using	punct
9	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 swear	advcl
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 using	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 swear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cuss	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		swear property	tree rules
3	use	gerund	rude words		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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: informal, dialect — kept apart, not parsed.

A cuss is a person, often an awkward or unlucky one: a poor old cuss.

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 cuss	det
2	cuss	cuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
9	awkward	awkward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 unlucky	cc
11	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 awkward	conj
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 cuss	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 cuss	det
15	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cuss	amod
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cuss	amod
17	cuss	cuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cuss	a person and a awkward one and a poor old cuss					tree rules

Example 1

He began to cuss when the cart stuck in the mud.

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 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cuss	mark
4	cuss	cuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stuck	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cart	det
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	nsubj
8	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cuss	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mud	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mud	det
11	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	begin	past	He		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cuss	to-infinitive	He not said here		tree rules
3	stick	participle	the cart	the mud	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in mud=Destination

Example 2

Don't cuss in front of the little ones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 cuss	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 cuss	advmod
3	cuss	cuss	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cuss	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ones	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ones	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 front	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cuss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cuss	imperative · do-support	you not said here			front of the little ones			tree rules

Example 3

That old cuss never stops grumbling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 cuss	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cuss	amod
3	cuss	cuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stops	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 stops	advmod
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	grumbling	grumble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stops	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	present	that old cuss						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	grumble speech: other	gerund	that old cuss not said here						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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