huff

Who acts: you, bad mood, She, wolf, He, huff · What happens: breathe out, be, breathe, complain, make, do · To what, where: fuss, huff, game, house, joke, newspaper

«huff» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: huff in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To breathe out loudly and heavily, often because you are tired or annoyed.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 breathe	mark
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 breathe	compound:prt
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 breathe	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 heavily	cc
6	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	4 loudly	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tired	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	12 tired	advmod
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 tired	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 tired	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tired	cop
12	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 breathe	advcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 annoyed	cc
14	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tired	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 breathe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	breathe out	to-infinitive		loudly property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you	often, tired property	tree rules
3	be		you 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: noun, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A bad mood, usually after being offended: «in a huff».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mood	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mood	amod
3	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offended	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mood	punct
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	8 offended	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 offended	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 offended	cop
8	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 huff	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 huff	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 huff	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 huff	det
13	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offended	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 huff	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 offended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a bad mood					offended, usually property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Huff and puff»: to breathe hard, or to complain and make a fuss without doing much.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Huff	punct
2	Huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 puff	cc
4	puff	puff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Huff	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Huff	punct
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 breathe	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 breathe	mark
8	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Huff	parataxis
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 breathe	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 complain	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 complain	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 complain	mark
13	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 breathe	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 make	cc
15	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 complain	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fuss	det
17	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj
18	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 doing	mark
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 make	advcl
20	much	much	ADV	_	19 doing	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Huff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	breathe	to-infinitive		hard property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	complain speech: other	to-infinitive			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	infinitive	a fuss		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product
4	do	gerund			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

She went off in a huff because she lost the game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 huff	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 huff	det
6	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	past	She			a huff			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in huff=Location
2	lose	past	she	the game					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Example 2

The wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 huffed	nsubj
3	huffed	huff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 puffed	cc
5	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 huffed	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 blew	cc
7	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 huffed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blew	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	7 blew	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 huffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	huff	participle	the wolf		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	puff	participle	the wolf not said here		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	blow down	past	the wolf not said here	the house	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Example 3

He was huffing and puffing by the top of the hill.

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	3 huffing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 huffing	aux
3	huffing	huff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 puffing	cc
5	puffing	puff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 huffing	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puffing	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 top	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 huffing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	huff	past · progressive	He						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	puff	gerund	He not said here					by the top of the hill	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Example 4

Don't get in a huff; it was only a joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 huff	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 huff	det
6	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 joke	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 joke	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	cop
10	only	only	ADV	_	12 joke	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	imperative · do-support	you not said here			a huff			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	huff	a joke					tree rules

Example 5

Grandpa huffed and turned back to his newspaper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 huffed	nsubj
2	huffed	huff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 turned	cc
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 huffed	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 newspaper	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 newspaper	nmod:poss
8	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 huffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	huff	past	Grandpa						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	turn back	past	Grandpa not said here			Grandpa's newspaper			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to newspaper=Destination

Example 6

My little sister is in a huff because she can't stay up late.

The tree, 14 words

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 huff	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 huff	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 huff	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 huff	det
7	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 stay	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stay	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 stay	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stay	advmod
12	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 huff	acl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 stay	compound:prt
14	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 stay	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 huff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My little sister			a huff			tree rules
2	not stay up	can	she	a huff not said here				late property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme huff=Location

Example 7

So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little pig.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 huffed	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 huffed	nsubj
3	huffed	huff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 puffed	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 puffed	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 puffed	nsubj
7	puffed	puff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 huffed	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 blew	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 blew	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 blew	nsubj
11	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 huffed	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 house	nmod:poss
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blew	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	11 blew	compound:prt
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ate	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ate	cc
17	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 huffed	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 ate	compound:prt
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 pig	det
20	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 pig	amod
21	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ate	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 huffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	huff	past	he		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	puff	past	he		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	blow in	past	he	his house	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent house=Patient
4	eat up	past	he not said here	the little pig	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient

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