hick

Who acts: insulting word, they, city kids, teacher, hick farmer, she · What happens: suggest, be, call, grow up, not call, say · To what, where: him, small hick town, people, film, cleverest character, little sister · Speech: someone speaks here

«hick» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: hick in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: US, informal, rude — kept apart, not parsed.

An insulting word for someone from the countryside, suggesting they are simple and old-fashioned.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 word	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 countryside	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 countryside	det
8	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 someone	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 suggesting	punct
10	suggesting	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 word	acl
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 simple	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 simple	cop
13	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 suggesting	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fashioned	cc
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fashioned	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 old	punct
17	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 simple	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	gerund	a insulting word for someone not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they	simple property	tree rules
3	be		they not said here		tree rules

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: adjective, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Small, rural and old-fashioned: a hick town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 town	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rural	punct
3	rural	rural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fashioned	cc
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fashioned	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct
7	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 town	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 town	det
10	hick	hick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 town	amod
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 town	punct

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

Meaning 3

A short sound like a hiccup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sound	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sound	amod
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 hiccup	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hiccup	det
6	hiccup	hiccup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sound	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sound	punct

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

Example 1

The city kids unkindly called him a hick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kids	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kids	compound
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 called	nsubj
4	unkindly	unkindly	ADV	_	5 called	advmod
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hick	det
8	hick	hick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the city kids		him = he			unkindly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Example 2

They grew up in a small hick town in Kansas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 grew	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 town	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 town	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 town	amod
7	hick	hick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 town	compound
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Kansas	case
10	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 town	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	past	They			a small hick town in Kansas			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location

Example 3

«Don't call people hicks,» said the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 call	advmod
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj
6	hicks	hick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call in a quote	do-support		people					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme hick=Result
2	say speech: assert	past	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

In the film, the «hick» farmer turned out to be the cleverest character.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmer	det
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 hick	punct
7	hick	hick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 farmer	compound
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 hick	punct
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	nsubj
10	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 turned	compound:prt
12	to	to	PART	_	16 character	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 character	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 character	det
15	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 character	amod
16	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	past	the hick farmer			the film			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location
2	is a	to-infinitive	the hick farmer not said here	the cleverest character					tree rules

Example 5

Hick! went my little sister when she had hiccups.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hick	hick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	advcl
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Hick	punct
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sister	amod
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	iobj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 had	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	advcl
10	hiccups	hiccup	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 had	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past			my little sister				vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sister=Theme
2	have	past	she	hiccups					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hiccup=Patient

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