dullard

Who acts: dullard, Everyone, he, turn, you · What happens: be, seem, call, come, do, not be · To what, where: slow person, him, dullard · Speech: someone speaks here

«dullard» 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: dullard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dullard is a slow or stupid person, one who seems not clever.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dullard	det
2	dullard	dullard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stupid	cc
7	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slow	conj
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 person	appos
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 seems	nsubj
12	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	acl:relcl
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 clever	advmod
14	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seems	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dullard	a slow person					tree rules
2	seem	present						clever property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

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

Everyone called him a dullard, but he was clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dullard	det
5	dullard	dullard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clever	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 clever	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 clever	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 clever	cop
10	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 called	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Everyone		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	past	he					clever property	tree rules

Example 2

Now came the turn of Jack the Dullard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 came	advmod
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 turn	det
4	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Jack	case
6	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Dullard	det
8	Dullard	Dullard	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jack	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the turn of Jack				now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Don't be a dullard; think before you speak.

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	5 dullard	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 dullard	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dullard	det
5	dullard	dullard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 speak	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 speak	nsubj
10	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 think	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a dullard	tree rules
3	think speech: other	infinitive			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	speak speech: other	present	you		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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