gibe

Who acts: gibe, feelings, He, other boys, cruel gibes, him · What happens: be, mean, hurt, make, look, ignore · To what, where: mocking remark, feelings, gibes, him, gibe

«gibe» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: gibe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gibe	det
2	gibe	gibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remark	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 remark	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 remark	det
5	mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remark	compound
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meant	punct
8	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 remark	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hurt	mark
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 meant	xcomp
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 feelings	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 someone	case
13	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hurt	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 make	cc
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurt	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 make	obj
17	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 make	xcomp
18	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 look	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 remark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gibe	a mocking remark		tree rules
2	mean	participle		a mocking remark not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive		someone's feelings		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient
4	make	infinitive		feelings = feeling		tree rules
5	look	infinitive	feelings = feeling not said here		foolish property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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.

Example 1

He ignored the gibes of the other boys.

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 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gibes	det
4	gibes	gibe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ignored	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 boys	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boys	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boys	amod
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gibes	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ignored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	the gibes of the other boys					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gibe=Theme
2	gibe		the other boys						nom gibe «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

Her cruel gibes made him cry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 gibes	nmod:poss
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gibes	amod
3	gibes	gibe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	past	Her cruel gibes	him = he	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	gibe		Her = she		nom gibe «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The king laughed at the gibe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gibe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gibe	det
6	gibe	gibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the king			the gibe			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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