hullabaloo
Who acts: hullabaloo, circus, party · What happens: be, come, make · To what, where: great noise, town, hullabaloo, terrible hullabaloo
«hullabaloo» 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: hullabaloo in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A hullabaloo is a great noise and fuss, with shouting and excitement.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hullabaloo | det |
| 2 | hullabaloo | hullabaloo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noise | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 noise | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 noise | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 noise | amod |
| 6 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fuss | cc |
| 8 | fuss | fuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noise | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 shouting | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 shouting | case |
| 11 | shouting | shouting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noise | parataxis |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 excitement | cc |
| 13 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shouting | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 noise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a hullabaloo | a great noise and fuss | 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.
Example 1
There was a hullabaloo when the circus came to town.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hullabaloo | det |
| 4 | hullabaloo | hullabaloo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 circus | det |
| 7 | circus | circus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 town | case |
| 10 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a hullabaloo | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the circus | town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location |
Example 2
What is all this hullabaloo about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 hullabaloo | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hullabaloo | cop |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 hullabaloo | det:predet |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 hullabaloo | det |
| 5 | hullabaloo | hullabaloo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 hullabaloo | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hullabaloo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | all hullabaloo | tree rules |
Example 3
The party made a terrible hullabaloo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 party | det |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hullabaloo | det |
| 5 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hullabaloo | amod |
| 6 | hullabaloo | hullabaloo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the party | a terrible hullabaloo | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hullabaloo=Product |
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