frick

Who acts: I, frick, cartoon character, we, He, mum · What happens: show, exclaim, forget, be, stub, say · To what, where: annoyance, shock, lunch, noise, toe, frick · Speech: someone speaks here

«frick» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: frick in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: slang, mild swearing, mainly US — kept apart, not parsed.

a softer stand-in for the f-word to show annoyance or surprise: «Oh, frick!».

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	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	_	10 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
8	f	f	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 f	punct
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 in	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 word	acl
13	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 show	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 surprise	cc
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 annoyance	conj
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 frick	punct
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 frick	punct
18	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	20 frick	discourse
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Oh	punct
20	frick	frick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 annoyance	appos
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 frick	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 frick	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 in	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		annoyance or surprise					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent annoyance=Recipient

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

«what the frick» = a milder version of a rude exclamation of shock.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 frick	punct
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 frick	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 frick	det
4	frick	frick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 frick	punct
6	=	=	SYM	_	9 version	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 version	det
8	milder	mild	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 version	amod
9	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frick	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 exclamation	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 exclamation	det
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 exclamation	amod
13	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 version	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 shock	case
15	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exclamation	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 frick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclaim			shock					nom exclamation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

Oh frick, I forgot my lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 forgot	discourse
2	frick	frick	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Oh	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 forgot	nsubj
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lunch	nmod:poss
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	I	my lunch					tree rules

Example 2

What the frick was that noise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 frick	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 frick	det
3	frick	frick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 noise	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 noise	cop
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 noise	det
6	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 noise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the frick	that noise					tree rules

Example 3

Frick! I stubbed my toe.

Sentence 1: Frick!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frick	Frick	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Frick	punct

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

Sentence 2: I stubbed my toe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 stubbed	nsubj
2	stubbed	stub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 toe	nmod:poss
4	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stubbed	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stubbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stub	past	I	my toe					vn hurt-40.8.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toe=Patient

Example 4

The cartoon character says "frick" instead of swearing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 character	compound
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 frick	punct
6	frick	frick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 frick	punct
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 swearing	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	swearing	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 says	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the cartoon character	frick					tree rules
2	swear	gerund							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 5

"Frick, we're late!" shouted my brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Frick	punct
2	Frick	Frick	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 late	punct
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 late	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 late	cop
6	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Frick	appos
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 late	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Frick	punct
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	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	is in a quote	present	we					late property	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past	Frick	my brother					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic

Example 6

Frick, the Wi-Fi's down again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frick	Frick	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Fi	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fi	det
4	Wi	Wi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Fi	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Wi	punct
6	Fi	Fi	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Frick	nmod
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Fi	case
8	down	down	ADV	_	9 again	advmod
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 Fi	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Frick	punct

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

Example 7

He says "frick" so much that his mum banned it.

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	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 frick	punct
4	frick	frick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 frick	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 banned	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mum	nmod:poss
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 banned	nsubj
11	banned	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 much	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 banned	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He	frick					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent frick=Topic
2	ban	past	his mum	frick					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme

Example 8

"Frick" sounds silly, but some teachers still won't allow it.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Frick	punct
2	Frick	Frick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Frick	punct
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sounds	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 allow	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 allow	cc
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 teachers	det
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 allow	nsubj
10	still	still	ADV	_	13 allow	advmod
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 allow	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 allow	advmod
13	allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sounds	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 allow	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Frick					silly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not allow	future	some teachers	it			still		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

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