gad

Who acts: place, Gad, you, farmer · What happens: gad, be, look, point, use, prod · To what, where: place, old mild exclamation, thin pointed stick, animals, rain, gad · Speech: someone speaks here

«gad» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: gad in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To gad about is to wander from place to place looking for fun or news.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gad	mark
2	gad	gad	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wander	advcl
3	about	about	ADP	_	2 gad	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wander	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wander	mark
6	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 place	case
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wander	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wander	obl
11	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 place	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 fun	case
13	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looking	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 news	cc
15	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fun	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wander	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	gad	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is	present		place	to place; wander property	tree rules
3	look	gerund	place not said here		for fun or news	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fun=Theme

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

«Gad!» is an old mild exclamation of surprise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
2	Gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exclamation	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 exclamation	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 exclamation	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 exclamation	amod
8	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 exclamation	amod
9	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 surprise	case
11	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 exclamation	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 exclamation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Gad	a old mild exclamation				of surprise	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A gad is a thin pointed stick used to prod animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gad	det
2	gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stick	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
6	pointed	point	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stick	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 prod	mark
10	prod	prod	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 prod	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	point	participle			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a gad	a thin pointed stick	tree rules
3	use	participle		a thin pointed stick not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	prod	to-infinitive		animals	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Experiencer

Example 1

Don't gad about in the rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 gad	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 gad	advmod
3	gad	gad	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	3 gad	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gad	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not gad	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the rain		about property	tree rules

Example 2

«Gad!» said the old man, and jumped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
2	Gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Gad	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 jumped	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 jumped	cc
11	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Gad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	jump	past	Gad not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The farmer used a gad to move the oxen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gad	det
5	gad	gad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 move	mark
7	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oxen	det
9	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the farmer	a gad					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gad=Patient
2	move	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	the oxen					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ox=Theme

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gad/