fella

Who acts: fellow, people, fella, little fella, young fella, our · What happens: show, say, spell, drop, be, help · To what, where: spelling, fellow, hat, puppy, shopping, new fella · Speech: someone speaks here

«fella» 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: fella in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

A man or a boy; a spelling of «fellow» that shows how people say it.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 boy	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 spelling	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spelling	det
8	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 fellow	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 fellow	punct
11	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spelling	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 fellow	punct
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 shows	nsubj
14	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fellow	acl:relcl
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 say	advmod
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 say	nsubj
17	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 shows	ccomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 say	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	present	fellow		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	people	spelling	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	spell			fellow	nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A boyfriend: «her fella».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boyfriend	det
2	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 boyfriend	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 fella	punct
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fella	nmod:poss
6	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boyfriend	appos
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 fella	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boyfriend	punct

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

Example 1

Hey, fella, you dropped your hat!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hey	hey	INTJ	_	3 fella	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hey	punct
3	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fella	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hat	nmod:poss
8	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	fella	your hat					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Example 2

That little fella is my puppy, Max.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fella	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fella	amod
3	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 puppy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 puppy	cop
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 puppy	nmod:poss
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Max	punct
8	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 puppy	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 puppy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that little fella	my puppy					tree rules

Example 3

The young fella next door helped carry our shopping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fella	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fella	amod
3	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helped	nsubj
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 door	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fella	nmod
6	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helped	xcomp
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shopping	nmod:poss
9	shopping	shopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	past	the young fella next door		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry	infinitive	the young fella next door not said here	our shopping	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopping=Theme
3	shop		our		nom shopping «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

My aunt is bringing her new fella to dinner.

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 aunt	nmod:poss
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bringing	aux
4	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fella	nmod:poss
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fella	amod
7	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 dinner	case
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bringing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · progressive	My aunt	aunt's new fella		dinner			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fella=Theme to dinner=Destination

Example 5

Come on, fellas, the game is starting!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Come	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fellas	punct
4	fellas	fella	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Come	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 starting	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starting	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 starting	aux
9	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fellas	acl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	imperative	you not said here	fellas					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start	present · progressive	the game	fellas not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fella=Eventuality

Example 6

The old fella at the shop always gives us a sweet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fella	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fella	amod
3	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 shop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fella	nmod
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 gives	advmod
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 gives	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sweet	det
11	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the old fella at the shop	a sweet	us			always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient sweet=Theme

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