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effing

Who acts: effing car, Chat, neighbour, He, It · What happens: use, add, not start, eff, turn, shout · To what, where: rude f word, anger, freezing, effing music, referee, effing joke · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Usage: slang, euphemism, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add anger or force.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 in	det
2	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 in	amod
3	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 in	punct
5	in	in	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	12 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 word	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 rude	advmod
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
10	f	f	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 f	punct
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 word	acl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 add	mark
16	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 used	advcl
17	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 add	obj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 force	cc
19	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 anger	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 in	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		the rude f word not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	add speech: assert	to-infinitive		anger or force					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Patient

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

The effing car won't start!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
2	effing	effing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 car	compound
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	nsubj
4	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 start	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 start	advmod
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not start	future	the effing car						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 2

Chat: «It's effing freezing.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effing	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Chat	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 effing	punct
4	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 effing	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 effing	aux
6	effing	eff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 effing	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 effing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eff in a quote	present · progressive	Chat	freezing					tree rules

Example 3

«Turn that effing music down!» shouted the neighbour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Turn	punct
2	Turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 shouted	ccomp
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 music	det
4	effing	effing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 music	compound
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Turn	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	2 Turn	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Turn	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Turn	punct
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 neighbour	det
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn in a quote	infinitive		that effing music				down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent music=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	the neighbour						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

He was effing and blinding at the referee.

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	3 effing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 effing	aux
3	effing	eff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 blinding	cc
5	blinding	blind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 effing	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 referee	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 referee	det
8	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blinding	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 effing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eff	past · progressive	He						tree rules
2	blind	gerund	He not said here			the referee			tree rules

Example 5

Not an effing chance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 chance	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chance	det
3	effing	eff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 chance	amod
4	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 chance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eff	gerund							tree rules

Example 6

It's an effing joke, this bus service.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
4	effing	eff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 joke	amod
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 service	punct
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 service	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 service	compound
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joke	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eff	gerund							tree rules
2	is a	present	It	a effing joke and this bus service					tree rules

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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