fab

Who acts: Fab, factory, You, Mum, I, We · What happens: be, make, look, say, suggest, have · To what, where: factory, computer chips, pancakes, beach, nickname, fab book · Speech: someone speaks here

«fab» 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: fab in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: slang, UK and others — kept apart, not parsed.

Fab is short for «fabulous»: great, wonderful, brilliant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fab	fab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 short	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fabulous	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 fabulous	punct
6	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 short	obl
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 fabulous	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 great	punct
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 short	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wonderful	punct
11	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 great	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 brilliant	punct
13	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 great	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fab					for fabulous; short property	tree rules
2	be		Fab not said here						tree rules

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, technical — kept apart, not parsed.

A «fab» is a factory that makes computer chips.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fab	det
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 fab	punct
3	fab	fab	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 factory	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 fab	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 factory	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 factory	det
7	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 factory	acl:relcl
10	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chips	compound
11	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 makes	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 factory	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fab	a factory					tree rules
2	make	present	a factory	computer chips					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chip=Product

Example 1

What a fab party!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 party	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 party	det
3	fab	fab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 party	amod
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 party	punct

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

Example 2

You look fab in that costume.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 look	nsubj
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fab	fab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 look	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 costume	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 costume	det
6	costume	costume	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fab	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	You					fab property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

«Fab idea!» said Mum when I suggested pancakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 idea	punct
2	Fab	fab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 idea	amod
3	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 idea	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 suggested	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 suggested	nsubj
10	suggested	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	advcl
11	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 suggested	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	suggest speech: suggest	past	I	pancakes					vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pancake=Topic

Example 4

We had a fab time at the beach.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
4	fab	fab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 beach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beach	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We			the beach	time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The Fab Four is a nickname for a famous old band.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Fab	det
2	Fab	Fab	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 nickname	nsubj
3	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Fab	flat
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nickname	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nickname	det
6	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 band	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 band	det
9	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 band	amod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 band	amod
11	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nickname	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nickname	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Fab	a nickname				for a famous old band	tree rules

Example 6

It's a fab book; you should read it.

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 book	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 book	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 book	det
4	fab	fab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 book	amod
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 read	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 read	aux
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 book	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 read	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 book	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fab book					tree rules
2	read	should	you	book					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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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