dolt

Who acts: dolt, stupid person, you, clever girl · What happens: be, understand, stop, look, laugh, lose · To what, where: stupid person, things, dolt, race, sign

«dolt» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: dolt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dolt is a stupid person who is slow to understand things; a fool (old use or rude).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dolt	det
2	dolt	dolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 slow	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 slow	cop
9	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 understand	mark
11	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 slow	xcomp
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 understand	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 fool	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fool	det
15	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	conj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 use	punct
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 use	amod
18	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fool	appos
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 rude	cc
20	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 use	conj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 use	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dolt	a stupid person and a fool		tree rules
2	is	present	a stupid person and a fool		slow property	tree rules
3	understand	to-infinitive	a stupid person and a fool not said here	things		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=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.

Example 1

Stop being a dolt and look at the map!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dolt	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dolt	det
4	dolt	dolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 look	cc
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is a	gerund	you not said here	a dolt		tree rules
3	look	infinitive	you not said here		at the map	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at map=Theme

Example 2

The clever girl laughed at the dolt who lost the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 dolt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dolt	det
7	dolt	dolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lost	nsubj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dolt	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 race	det
11	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the clever girl			the dolt			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lose	past	the dolt	the race					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Example 3

Don't be such a dolt; read the sign first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 dolt	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 dolt	cop
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 dolt	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dolt	det
6	dolt	dolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 read	punct
8	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sign	det
10	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 read	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		such dolt		tree rules
3	read	infinitive		the sign	first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=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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