eff Who acts: Eff, rude swear word, swear word, He, rude builder, builder · What happens: be, say, start, eff off, mean, go away · To what, where: polite way, word, Effing, swear word, name, them · Speech: someone speaks here
«eff» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: eff in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: euphemism, rude, UK — kept apart, not parsed.
«Eff» is a polite way of saying a very rude swear word starting with F without saying it fully.
The tree, 19 words punct nsubj punct cop det amod mark acl det advmod amod compound obj acl case obl mark advcl obj advmod punct root « PUNCT Eff PROPN » PUNCT is AUX a DET polite ADJ way NOUN of SCONJ saying VERB a DET very ADV rude ADJ swear NOUN word NOUN starting VERB with ADP F PROPN without SCONJ saying VERB it PRON fully ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 2 Eff Eff PROPN Number=Sing 7 way nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 way cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 way det 6 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 7 way amod 7 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of SCONJ _ 9 saying mark 9 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 way acl 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 word det 11 very very ADV _ 12 rude advmod 12 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 14 word amod 13 swear swear NOUN Number=Sing 14 word compound 14 word word NOUN Number=Sing 9 saying obj 15 starting start VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 word acl 16 with with ADP _ 17 F case 17 F F PROPN Number=Sing 15 starting obl 18 without without SCONJ _ 19 saying mark 19 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 15 starting advcl 20 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 saying obj 21 fully fully ADV _ 19 saying advmod 22 . . PUNCT _ 7 way punct
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1 is a present Eff a polite way tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund a rude swear word a polite way not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic 3 start gerund a rude swear word not said here with F vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with f=Subeventuality 4 say speech: assert gerund a rude swear word not said here word fully property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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 «Eff off» means go away, said angrily.
punct csubj compound:prt punct ccomp advmod punct conj advmod punct root « PUNCT Eff VERB off ADP » PUNCT means VERB go VERB away ADV , PUNCT said VERB angrily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 2 Eff eff VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means csubj 3 off off ADP _ 2 Eff compound:prt 4 » » PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 means ccomp 7 away away ADV _ 6 go advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 said punct 9 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 10 angrily angrily ADV _ 9 said advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 eff off in a quote infinitive tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 go away infinitive away property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 say speech: assert past angrily property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 «Effing» is used as a less rude form of a swear word meaning very or annoying.
The tree, 16 words punct nsubj:pass punct aux:pass case det advmod amod obl case det compound nmod acl advmod cc conj punct root « PUNCT Effing NOUN » PUNCT is AUX used VERB as ADP a DET less ADV rude ADJ form NOUN of ADP a DET swear NOUN word NOUN meaning VERB very ADV or CCONJ annoying ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Effing punct 2 Effing effing NOUN Number=Sing 5 used nsubj:pass 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Effing punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 used aux:pass 5 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 as as ADP _ 10 form case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 form det 8 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 9 rude advmod 9 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 10 form amod 10 form form NOUN Number=Sing 5 used obl 11 of of ADP _ 14 word case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 word det 13 swear swear NOUN Number=Sing 14 word compound 14 word word NOUN Number=Sing 10 form nmod 15 meaning mean VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 word acl 16 very very ADV _ 15 meaning advmod 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 annoying cc 18 annoying annoying ADJ Degree=Pos 16 very conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 used punct
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1 use present · passive Effing as a rude form of a swear word vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as form=Attribute 2 mean gerund a swear word not said here vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 form a swear word nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient
Meaning 4 «Eff» is the name of the letter F.
punct nsubj punct cop det case det nmod appos punct root « PUNCT Eff PROPN » PUNCT is AUX the DET name NOUN of ADP the DET letter NOUN F PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 2 Eff Eff PROPN Number=Sing 6 name nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Eff punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 name cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 name det 6 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 letter case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 letter det 9 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 6 name nmod 10 F F PROPN Number=Sing 9 letter appos 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 name punct
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1 is a present Eff the name of the letter tree rules
Example 1 (rude) He told them to eff off.
punct punct nsubj acl:relcl iobj mark xcomp compound:prt punct root ( PUNCT rude ADJ ) PUNCT He PRON told VERB them PRON to PART eff VERB off ADP . PUNCT 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 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 told nsubj 5 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 rude acl:relcl 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 told iobj 7 to to PART _ 8 eff mark 8 eff eff VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 told xcomp 9 off off ADP _ 8 eff compound:prt 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 rude punct
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1 tell speech: assert past He them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic 2 eff off not said to happen to-infinitive He not said here tree rules
Example 2 (rude, UK) The builder was effing and blinding when he dropped the brick.
The tree, 13 words punct amod punct obl punct det nsubj aux cc conj advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct root ( PUNCT rude ADJ , PUNCT UK PROPN ) PUNCT The DET builder NOUN was AUX effing VERB and CCONJ blinding VERB when ADV he PRON dropped VERB the DET brick NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 rude punct 2 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 7 builder amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 UK punct 4 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 2 rude obl 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 rude punct 6 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 builder det 7 builder builder NOUN Number=Sing 9 effing nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 effing aux 9 effing eff VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 blinding cc 11 blinding blind VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 effing conj 12 when when ADV PronType=Int 14 dropped advmod 13 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 dropped nsubj 14 dropped drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 blinding advcl 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 brick det 16 brick brick NOUN Number=Sing 14 dropped obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 effing punct
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1 eff past · progressive the rude builder tree rules 2 blind gerund the rude builder not said here tree rules 3 drop past builder the brick vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Theme
Example 3 (rude) That effing alarm woke me again!
punct amod punct det compound nsubj obj advmod punct root ( PUNCT rude ADJ ) PUNCT That DET effing NOUN alarm NOUN woke VERB me PRON again ADV ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 rude punct 2 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 6 alarm amod 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 rude punct 4 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 alarm det 5 effing effing NOUN Number=Sing 6 alarm compound 6 alarm alarm NOUN Number=Sing 7 woke nsubj 7 woke wake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 woke obj 9 again again ADV _ 7 woke advmod 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 woke punct
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1 wake past that rude effing alarm me again vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient
Example 4 My teacher said, «No effing and blinding in my classroom.»
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct det ccomp cc conj case nmod:poss nmod punct punct root My PRON teacher NOUN said VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT No DET effing NOUN and CCONJ blinding NOUN in ADP my PRON classroom NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 teacher nmod:poss 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 effing punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 effing punct 6 No no DET PronType=Neg 7 effing det 7 effing effing NOUN Number=Sing 3 said ccomp 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 blinding cc 9 blinding blinding NOUN Number=Sing 7 effing conj 10 in in ADP _ 12 classroom case 11 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 classroom nmod:poss 12 classroom classroom NOUN Number=Sing 7 effing nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past My teacher vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 5 (rude) «Eff this, I'm going home.»
punct parataxis punct punct obj punct nsubj aux csubj advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT rude ADJ ) PUNCT « PUNCT Eff VERB this PRON , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX going VERB home ADV . PUNCT » PUNCT 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 Eff parataxis 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 rude punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 Eff punct 5 Eff eff VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 Eff obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 going punct 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 going nsubj 9 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 going aux 10 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 Eff csubj 11 home home ADV _ 10 going advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 Eff punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 5 Eff punct
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1 eff in a quote imperative you not said here this tree rules 2 go in a quote present · progressive I home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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