damn

Who acts: you, I, report, adjective, Dad, That · What happens: say, be, miss, use, make, damn · To what, where: bus, word, damn, all, someone, plan · Speech: someone speaks here

«damn» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: damn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: rude, mild swearing — kept apart, not parsed.

Said when you are angry, annoyed or disappointed: «Damn! I missed the bus.».

Sentence 1: Said when you are angry, annoyed or disappointed: «Damn!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 angry	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 angry	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Said	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 annoyed	punct
7	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 angry	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 disappointed	cc
9	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 angry	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 «	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Damn	punct
12	Damn	damn	ADV	_	1 Said	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle		damn property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you	angry property	tree rules
3	be		you not said here		tree rules
4	be		you not said here		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.

Sentence 2: I missed the bus.».

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	2 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bus	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	I	the bus					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

Meaning 2

Usage: rude — kept apart, not parsed.

Used to make a word stronger: «a damn good idea», «damn it».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 idea	advcl
2	to	to	PART	_	3 make	mark
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 idea	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 idea	det
10	damn	damn	ADV	_	11 good	advmod
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 idea	amod
12	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 idea	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 damn	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 damn	punct
16	damn	damn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 idea	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 damn	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 damn	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive	a word	strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset word=Product
3	damn in a quote	infinitive	word		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: rude — kept apart, not parsed.

«Not give a damn»: not care at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 give	advmod
3	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 damn	det
5	damn	damn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 care	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 care	advmod
9	care	care	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 give	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 care	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a damn					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damn=Theme
2	not care	infinitive	you not said here			all			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Meaning 4

Usage: religion — kept apart, not parsed.

To say someone will be punished for ever after death.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 say	mark
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 punished	nsubj:pass
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 punished	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 say	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 punished	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 death	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	punish	future · passive		someone			after death		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for ever=Theme

Meaning 5

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To criticise strongly («the report damned the plan»); adjective «damning» = showing guilt clearly.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 criticise	mark
2	criticise	criticise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	2 criticise	advmod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 damned	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 damned	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 report	det
7	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damned	nsubj
8	damned	damn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 criticise	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plan	det
10	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 damned	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 plan	punct
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 damned	punct
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 damning	punct
14	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 damning	nsubj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 damning	punct
16	damning	damn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 criticise	advcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 damning	punct
18	=	=	SYM	_	19 showing	punct
19	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 damning	conj
20	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 showing	obj
21	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	19 showing	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 criticise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	criticise	to-infinitive			strongly property	tree rules
2	damn in a quote	past	the report	the plan		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme
3	damn in a quote	gerund	adjective			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	show	gerund	adjective not said here	guilt	clearly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guilt=Recipient

Example 1

(rude) «Damn! I've dropped my keys,» said Dad.

Sentence 1: (rude) «Damn!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Damn	punct
5	Damn	damn	ADV	_	2 rude	conj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

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

Sentence 2: I've dropped my keys,» said Dad.

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 dropped	nsubj
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	aux
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 keys	nmod:poss
5	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dropped	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	parataxis
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present · perfect	I	my keys					tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

(rude) «That was a damn good match!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 match	csubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 match	punct
5	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 match	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 match	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 match	det
8	damn	damn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	compound
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 match	amod
10	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 match	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 match	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	That	a good match					tree rules

Example 3

(rude) «Damn it, the car won't start.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Damn	advcl
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Damn	punct
5	Damn	damn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 Damn	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 start	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 start	nsubj
10	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 start	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 start	advmod
12	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Damn	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Damn	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Damn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damn in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not start in a quote	future	the car						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 4

(rude) «He doesn't give a damn about the rules.»

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 give	csubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
5	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 give	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 give	advmod
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 damn	det
10	damn	damn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 rules	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rules	det
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 damn	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give in a quote	present · do-support	He	a damn				about the rules	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damn=Theme

Example 5

The report damned the company's safety record.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damned	nsubj
3	damned	damn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 company	det
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 record	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 company	case
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 record	compound
8	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 damned	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 damned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damn	past	the report	the company's safety record					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme
2	record		the company						nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The video was damning evidence against the thief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 video	det
2	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 damning	aux
4	damning	damn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 damning	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 thief	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thief	det
8	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 evidence	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 damning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damn	past · progressive	the video	evidence				against the thief	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme

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