earwig Who acts: other people, We, earwig, Earwigs, you, our · What happens: listen, stop, earwig, converse, find, have · To what, where: earwigs, flowerpot, pincers, tail, ears, conversation · Speech: someone speaks here
«earwig» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: earwig in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A small brown insect with a long body and a pair of pincers at its tail end.
The tree, 17 words det amod amod case det amod nmod cc det conj case nmod case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root A DET small ADJ brown ADJ insect NOUN with ADP a DET long ADJ body NOUN and CCONJ a DET pair NOUN of ADP pincers NOUN at ADP its PRON tail NOUN end NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 insect det 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 4 insect amod 3 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 4 insect amod 4 insect insect NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 with with ADP _ 8 body case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 body det 7 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 body amod 8 body body NOUN Number=Sing 4 insect nmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 pair cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 pair det 11 pair pair NOUN Number=Sing 8 body conj 12 of of ADP _ 13 pincers case 13 pincers pincer NOUN Number=Plur 11 pair nmod 14 at at ADP _ 17 end case 15 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 end nmod:poss 16 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 17 end compound 17 end end NOUN Number=Sing 13 pincers nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 4 insect punct
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Meaning 2 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
To listen secretly to other people's conversations, as in «Stop earwigging!».
The tree, 12 words mark advcl advmod case amod nmod:poss case obl punct mark fixed punct xcomp punct punct punct root To PART listen VERB secretly ADV to ADP other ADJ people NOUN 's PART conversations NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT Stop VERB earwigging VERB ! PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 listen mark 2 listen listen VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 Stop advcl 3 secretly secretly ADV _ 2 listen advmod 4 to to ADP _ 8 conversations case 5 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 people amod 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 conversations nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 people case 8 conversations conversation NOUN Number=Plur 2 listen obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 Stop punct 10 as as SCONJ _ 13 Stop mark 11 in in ADP _ 10 as fixed 12 « « PUNCT _ 13 Stop punct 13 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 14 earwigging earwig VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 Stop xcomp 15 ! ! PUNCT _ 13 Stop punct 16 » » PUNCT _ 13 Stop punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 13 Stop punct
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1 listen to-infinitive to other people's conversations; secretly property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to conversation=Theme 2 stop in a quote imperative vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 earwig in a quote gerund tree rules 4 converse other people nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 We found earwigs under the flowerpot.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root We PRON found VERB earwigs NOUN under ADP the DET flowerpot NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 earwigs earwig NOUN Number=Plur 2 found obj 4 under under ADP _ 6 flowerpot case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 flowerpot det 6 flowerpot flowerpot NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past We earwigs the flowerpot vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earwig=Topic
Example 2 An earwig has pincers on its tail.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root An DET earwig NOUN has VERB pincers NOUN on ADP its PRON tail NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 earwig det 2 earwig earwig NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pincers pincer NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 tail case 6 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tail nmod:poss 7 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 4 pincers nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a earwig pincers earwig's tail vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pincer=Patient
Example 3 Earwigs come out at night to eat.
nsubj advmod case obl mark advcl punct root Earwigs NOUN come VERB out ADV at ADP night NOUN to PART eat VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Earwigs earwig NOUN Number=Plur 2 come nsubj 2 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 out out ADV _ 2 come advmod 4 at at ADP _ 5 night case 5 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 come obl 6 to to PART _ 7 eat mark 7 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 come advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 come punct
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1 come out present Earwigs night out property vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient 2 eat to-infinitive Earwigs not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Earwigs do not really crawl into your ears.
nsubj aux advmod advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root Earwigs NOUN do AUX not PART really ADV crawl VERB into ADP your PRON ears NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Earwigs earwig NOUN Number=Plur 5 crawl nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 crawl aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 crawl advmod 4 really really ADV _ 5 crawl advmod 5 crawl crawl VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 into into ADP _ 8 ears case 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 ears nmod:poss 8 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 5 crawl obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 crawl punct
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1 not crawl present · do-support Earwigs your ears vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ear=Destination
Example 5 Stop earwigging on our conversation!
xcomp case nmod:poss obl punct root Stop VERB earwigging VERB on ADP our PRON conversation NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 earwigging earwig VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 on on ADP _ 5 conversation case 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 conversation nmod:poss 5 conversation conversation NOUN Number=Sing 2 earwigging obl 6 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Stop punct
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1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 earwig gerund you not said here our conversation tree rules 3 converse our nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Mum said I was earwigging when I listened at the door.
nsubj nsubj aux ccomp advmod nsubj advcl case det obl punct root Mum NOUN said VERB I PRON was AUX earwigging VERB when ADV I PRON listened VERB at ADP the DET door NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 earwigging nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 earwigging aux 5 earwigging earwig VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 said ccomp 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 listened advmod 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 listened nsubj 8 listened listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 earwigging advcl 9 at at ADP _ 11 door case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 door det 11 door door NOUN Number=Sing 8 listened obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 earwig past · progressive I tree rules 3 listen past I at the door vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme
Example 7 Effie's brother Harry fished something out of his tea, which he thought at first was an earwig.
The tree, 18 words nmod:poss case nsubj appos obj case case nmod:poss nmod punct nsubj nsubj conj case obl cop det ccomp punct root Effie PROPN 's PART brother NOUN Harry PROPN fished VERB something PRON out ADP of ADP his PRON tea NOUN , PUNCT which PRON he PRON thought VERB at ADP first ADV was AUX an DET earwig NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Effie Effie PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Effie case 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 fished nsubj 4 Harry Harry PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother appos 5 fished fish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 fished obj 7 out out ADP _ 10 tea case 8 of of ADP _ 10 tea case 9 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 tea nmod:poss 10 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 6 something nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 thought punct 12 which which PRON PronType=Rel 14 thought nsubj 13 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 thought nsubj 14 thought think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 something conj 15 at at ADP _ 16 first case 16 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 19 earwig obl 17 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 19 earwig cop 18 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 earwig det 19 earwig earwig NOUN Number=Sing 14 thought ccomp 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 fished punct
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1 fish past Effie's brother something brother's tea vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Theme out tea=Location 2 think speech: other past vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is a past a earwig tree rules
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