grouse Who acts: grouse, plump brown wild bird, Red grouse, male sage grouse, you, only grouse · What happens: be, live, grouse, mean, complain, grumble · To what, where: plump brown wild bird, moors, complaint, heather, chest, coat · Speech: someone speaks here
«grouse» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: grouse in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A grouse is a plump, brown wild bird with feathered legs that lives on moors and in forests.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det amod punct amod amod case amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl case obl cc case conj punct root A DET grouse NOUN is AUX a DET plump ADJ , PUNCT brown ADJ wild ADJ bird NOUN with ADP feathered ADJ legs NOUN that PRON lives VERB on ADP moors NOUN and CCONJ in ADP forests NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 grouse det 2 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 9 bird nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 bird cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 bird det 5 plump plump ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bird amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 plump punct 7 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bird amod 8 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bird amod 9 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 with with ADP _ 12 legs case 11 feathered feathered ADJ Degree=Pos 12 legs amod 12 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 9 bird nmod 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 14 lives nsubj 14 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 bird acl:relcl 15 on on ADP _ 16 moors case 16 moors moor NOUN Number=Plur 14 lives obl 17 and and CCONJ _ 19 forests cc 18 in in ADP _ 19 forests case 19 forests forest NOUN Number=Plur 16 moors conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 9 bird punct
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1 is a present a grouse a plump brown wild bird with feathered legs tree rules 2 live present a plump brown wild bird moors and forests vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moor=Location
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.
To grouse means to complain or grumble, and a grouse is a complaint.
The tree, 13 words mark csubj mark xcomp cc conj punct cc det nsubj cop det parataxis punct root To PART grouse VERB means VERB to PART complain VERB or CCONJ grumble VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ a DET grouse NOUN is AUX a DET complaint NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 grouse mark 2 grouse grouse VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 complain mark 5 complain complain VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 grumble cc 7 grumble grumble VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 complain conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 14 complaint punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 14 complaint cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 grouse det 11 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 14 complaint nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 complaint cop 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 complaint det 14 complaint complaint NOUN Number=Sing 3 means parataxis 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 grouse to-infinitive vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 complain speech: other not said to happen to-infinitive vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 grumble speech: other infinitive vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 is a present a grouse a complaint tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: Australia, NZ, slang — kept apart, not parsed.
Grouse means really good or excellent.
nsubj advmod xcomp cc conj punct root Grouse NOUN means VERB really ADV good ADJ or CCONJ excellent ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 really really ADV _ 4 good advmod 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 excellent cc 6 excellent excellent ADJ Degree=Pos 4 good conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Grouse good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 A grouse flew up from the heather.
det nsubj compound:prt case det obl punct root A DET grouse NOUN flew VERB up ADP from ADP the DET heather NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 grouse det 2 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 3 flew nsubj 3 flew fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 flew compound:prt 5 from from ADP _ 7 heather case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 heather det 7 heather heather NOUN Number=Sing 3 flew obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 flew punct
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1 fly up past a grouse the heather vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from heather=Trajectory
Example 2 Red grouse live on the moors of Scotland.
amod nsubj case det obl case nmod punct root Red ADJ grouse NOUN live VERB on ADP the DET moors NOUN of ADP Scotland PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Red red ADJ Degree=Pos 2 grouse amod 2 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Plur 3 live nsubj 3 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 moors case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 moors det 6 moors moor NOUN Number=Plur 3 live obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 Scotland case 8 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 6 moors nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 live punct
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1 live present Red grouse the moors of Scotland vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moor=Location
Example 3 The male sage grouse puffs up its chest to show off.
det amod compound nsubj compound:prt nmod:poss obj mark advcl compound:prt punct root The DET male ADJ sage NOUN grouse NOUN puffs VERB up ADP its PRON chest NOUN to PART show VERB off ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 grouse det 2 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 4 grouse amod 3 sage sage NOUN Number=Sing 4 grouse compound 4 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 5 puffs nsubj 5 puffs puff VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 up up ADP _ 5 puffs compound:prt 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 chest nmod:poss 8 chest chest NOUN Number=Sing 5 puffs obj 9 to to PART _ 10 show mark 10 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 puffs advcl 11 off off ADP _ 10 show compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 puffs punct
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1 puff up present the male sage grouse grouse's chest vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Source 2 show off to-infinitive the male sage grouse not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Stop grousing about the rain and put your coat on.
xcomp case det obl cc conj nmod:poss obj compound:prt punct root Stop VERB grousing VERB about ADP the DET rain NOUN and CCONJ put VERB your PRON coat NOUN on ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 grousing grouse VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 about about ADP _ 5 rain case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rain det 5 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 2 grousing obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 put cc 7 put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 coat nmod:poss 9 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 7 put obj 10 on on ADP _ 7 put compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Stop punct
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1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 grouse gerund you not said here about the rain vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about rain=Topic 3 put on infinitive you not said here your coat vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent coat=Goal
Example 5 My only grouse is that the film was too long.
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop mark det cop advmod amod punct root My PRON only ADJ grouse NOUN is AUX that SCONJ the DET film NOUN was AUX too ADV long ADJ . PUNCT 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 3 grouse nmod:poss 2 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 3 grouse amod 3 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 7 film nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 film cop 5 that that SCONJ _ 7 film mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 film det 7 film film NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 long cop 9 too too ADV _ 10 long advmod 10 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 film amod 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 film punct
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1 is a present My only grouse the film tree rules 2 is past long property tree rules
Example 6 (Australia) That pie was grouse, mate!
punct nsubj punct det nsubj cop punct vocative punct root ( PUNCT Australia PROPN ) PUNCT That DET pie NOUN was AUX grouse ADJ , PUNCT mate NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Australia punct 2 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 7 grouse nsubj 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 Australia punct 4 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 pie det 5 pie pie NOUN Number=Sing 7 grouse nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 grouse cop 7 grouse grouse ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 mate punct 9 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 7 grouse vocative 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 grouse punct
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1 is past Australia mate vocative ; grouse property tree rules
Example 7 Grouse are hard to see because their feathers match the moor.
nsubj cop mark xcomp mark nmod:poss nsubj ccomp det obj punct root Grouse NOUN are AUX hard ADJ to PART see VERB because SCONJ their PRON feathers NOUN match VERB the DET moor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 3 hard nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hard cop 3 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 see mark 5 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hard xcomp 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 match mark 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 feathers nmod:poss 8 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 9 match nsubj 9 match match VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 see ccomp 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 moor det 11 moor moor NOUN Number=Sing 9 match obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 hard punct
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1 is present Grouse hard property tree rules 2 see to-infinitive Grouse not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 match present their feathers the moor vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moor=Patient
Example 8 Thus spoke the grouse, who certainly had very pretty manners.
advmod det obj punct nsubj advmod acl:relcl advmod amod obj punct root Thus ADV spoke VERB the DET grouse NOUN , PUNCT who PRON certainly ADV had VERB very ADV pretty ADJ manners NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thus thus ADV _ 2 spoke advmod 2 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 grouse det 4 grouse grouse NOUN Number=Sing 2 spoke obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 had punct 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 had nsubj 7 certainly certainly ADV _ 8 had advmod 8 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 grouse acl:relcl 9 very very ADV _ 10 pretty advmod 10 pretty pretty ADJ Degree=Pos 11 manners amod 11 manners manners NOUN Number=Ptan 8 had obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the grouse thus property tree rules 2 have past the grouse pretty manners certainly property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient
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