dibs

Who acts: you, I, Ellie, Dibs, He · What happens: have, do, say, mean, get, call · To what, where: something, Dibs, front seat, seat, last slice, pizza · Speech: someone speaks here

«dibs» 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: dibs in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

A claim to have or do something first: if you say «Dibs on the front seat!», you mean you get it.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 have	mark
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 claim	acl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 do	cc
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	conj
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 do	obj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 do	advmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 mean	punct
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 say	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 mean	advcl
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 Dibs	punct
14	Dibs	Dibs	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 say	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 seat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 seat	det
17	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 seat	amod
18	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Dibs	nmod
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 Dibs	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 Dibs	punct
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 mean	nsubj
23	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 claim	conj
24	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 get	nsubj
25	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 mean	ccomp
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 get	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 claim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	to-infinitive					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do	infinitive		something		first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you	Dibs	the front seat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dibs=Topic
4	mean	present	you				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	get	present	you	seat			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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: slang, UK, old — kept apart, not parsed.

Money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Money	punct

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

Example 1

Dibs on the window seat!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 seat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seat	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	compound
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dibs	nmod
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Dibs	punct

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

Example 2

I called dibs on the last slice of pizza.

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 slice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slice	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slice	amod
7	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pizza	case
9	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slice	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	I	dibs		the last slice of pizza			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dib=Recipient
2	slice			pizza					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

You can't have it, Ellie already has dibs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
7	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 has	advmod
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	conj
10	dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 has	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	can	You	it					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	have	present	Ellie	dibs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dib=Patient

Example 4

Dibs on going first!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 going	nsubj
2	on	on	SCONJ	_	3 going	mark
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 going	advmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	Dibs					first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Who's got dibs on the top bunk?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 got	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 bunk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bunk	det
7	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bunk	amod
8	bunk	bunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive		dibs		the top bunk			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dib=Theme on bunk=Source

Example 6

He shouted «dibs!» before anyone else could.

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 dibs	punct
4	dibs	dib	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shouted	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 dibs	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 dibs	punct
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 could	mark
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 could	nsubj
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 anyone	advmod
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He	dibs					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dib=Topic

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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