howdy

Who acts: Howdy, Sam · What happens: be, use, say, come in, wave, call out · To what, where: casual greeting, Howdy, United States, farmer · Speech: someone speaks here

«howdy» 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: howdy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Howdy is a casual greeting, like «hello» or «hi»; it is mostly used in the United States and in old stories.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Howdy	howdy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	casual	casual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 greeting	amod
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hello	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 hello	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 hello	punct
9	hello	hello	INTJ	_	5 greeting	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 hello	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 hi	cc
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 hi	punct
13	hi	hi	INTJ	_	9 hello	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 hi	punct
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 used	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 used	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 used	aux:pass
18	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	19 used	advmod
19	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 greeting	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 States	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 States	det
22	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 States	amod
23	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	19 used	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 stories	cc
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 stories	case
26	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 stories	amod
27	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 States	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 greeting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Howdy	a casual greeting					tree rules
2	use	present · passive		Howdy		the United States and old stories		mostly property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

«Howdy, Daddy Ben?» said the stranger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Howdy	punct
2	Howdy	howdy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Ben	punct
4	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Ben	compound
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Howdy	appos
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 Ben	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Howdy	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Howdy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

When Sam came in, he said, «Howdy!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	advcl
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Howdy	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Howdy	punct
10	Howdy	howdy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 Howdy	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Howdy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	past	Sam						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Sam	Howdy					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent howdy=Topic

Example 3

The farmer waved and called out, «Howdy, neighbour!»

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	root	root
3	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 farmer	acl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 called	cc
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 waved	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 called	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Howdy	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Howdy	punct
9	Howdy	howdy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 farmer	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 neighbour	punct
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Howdy	conj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 Howdy	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Howdy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	participle		the farmer not said here					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call out speech: assert	participle							vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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