egghead

Who acts: clever person, informal brother, real egghead, eggheads, quiz, he · What happens: be, see, read, solve, show, have · To what, where: study, ideas, real egghead, encyclopaedias, puzzle, team · Speech: someone speaks here

«egghead» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: egghead in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, often mocking — kept apart, not parsed.

A very clever person who is interested in study and ideas, sometimes seen as out of touch with real life.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 clever	advmod
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 person	amod
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 interested	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 interested	cop
7	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 person	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 study	case
9	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 interested	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ideas	cc
11	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 study	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seen	punct
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 seen	advmod
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ideas	acl
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 touch	case
16	out	out	ADP	_	18 touch	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 touch	case
18	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	obl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 life	case
20	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 life	amod
21	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 touch	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a clever person			study and ideas		interested property	tree rules
2	see	participle		ideas not said here				as touch with real life; sometimes property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as touch=Attribute

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

Usage: informal, friendly — kept apart, not parsed.

A brainy person, a «brainbox».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brainbox	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 brainbox	det
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 brainbox	punct
7	brainbox	brainbox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 brainbox	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

(informal) My brother is a real egghead who reads encyclopaedias for fun.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brother	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brother	nmod:poss
5	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 egghead	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 egghead	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egghead	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 egghead	amod
9	egghead	egghead	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 reads	nsubj
11	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 egghead	acl:relcl
12	encyclopaedias	encyclopaedia	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reads	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 fun	case
14	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reads	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 egghead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My informal brother	a real egghead					tree rules
2	read	present	a real egghead	encyclopaedias				for fun	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encyclopaedia=Topic

Example 2

(informal) The eggheads at the university solved the puzzle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	9 solved	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggheads	det
5	eggheads	egghead	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 solved	nsubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 university	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 university	det
8	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eggheads	nmod
9	solved	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 puzzle	det
11	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 solved	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 solved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solve	past	the eggheads at the university	the puzzle					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic

Example 3

The quiz show «Eggheads» has a team of very clever people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quiz	det
2	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	nsubj
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Eggheads	punct
5	Eggheads	egghead	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 has	nsubj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Eggheads	punct
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 team	det
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 people	case
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 clever	advmod
12	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 people	amod
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 team	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the quiz						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	Eggheads	a team of clever people					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient

Example 4

(informal) Don't call him an egghead just because he likes maths.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 call	advcl
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 call	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 call	advmod
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 call	obj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 egghead	det
9	egghead	egghead	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	xcomp
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 likes	advmod
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 likes	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 likes	nsubj
13	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 call	advcl
14	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 likes	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	present · do-support			him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	like	present	he	maths					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot math=Theme

Example 5

(informal) The film's hero is a shy egghead who saves the day.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	11 egghead	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hero	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 film	case
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 egghead	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 egghead	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 egghead	det
10	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 egghead	amod
11	egghead	egghead	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 saves	nsubj
13	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 egghead	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saves	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 egghead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the film's hero	a shy egghead					tree rules
2	save	present	a shy egghead				day		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

(informal) «Ask the egghead in our class,» joked Sam, pointing at Priya.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Ask	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Ask	punct
5	Ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 egghead	det
7	egghead	egghead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Ask	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 class	nmod:poss
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 egghead	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 joked	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 joked	punct
13	joked	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Ask	conj
14	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 joked	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pointing	punct
16	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 joked	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 Priya	case
18	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 pointing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	informal	the egghead	our class	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent egghead=Recipient
2	joke speech: other	past	Sam			vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	point	gerund	Sam not said here		Priya	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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