holler
Who acts: he, frogs, I · What happens: shout, call out, come, holler, hear · To what, where: informal way, loud holler · Speech: someone speaks here
«holler» 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: holler in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To shout or call out loudly, often in an informal way.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 shout | mark |
| 2 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 call | cc |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 shout | conj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 call | compound:prt |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 call | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 way | punct |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 way | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 11 | informal | informal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 way | amod |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shout | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | to-infinitive | a informal way | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | call out speech: assert | infinitive | loudly property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
“Come here!” he hollered.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 2 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hollered | ccomp |
| 3 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Come | advmod |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Come | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hollered | nsubj |
| 7 | hollered | holler | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hollered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | infinitive | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | holler speech: other | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 2
The frogs hollered all night by the pond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frogs | det |
| 2 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hollered | nsubj |
| 3 | hollered | holler | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hollered | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 pond | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pond | det |
| 8 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hollered | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hollered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holler speech: other | past | the frogs | night | by the pond | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
I heard a loud holler from the yard.
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 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 holler | det |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 holler | amod |
| 5 | holler | holler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heard | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 yard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 yard | det |
| 8 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heard | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 heard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | I | a loud holler | from the yard | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent holler=Topic from yard=Source |
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