humor
Who acts: Humor, Lion, She, everyone, His · What happens: be, see, say, recover, humor, make · To what, where: mood, ability, funny way, good humor, bad humor, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here
«humor» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: humor in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Humor is a person's mood or state of mind, as in «good humor» (cheerful) or «bad humor» (cross).
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mood | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mood | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mood | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 state | cc |
| 8 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mood | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 mind | case |
| 10 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 state | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 humor | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 humor | case |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 humor | case |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 humor | punct |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 humor | amod |
| 16 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mood | conj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 humor | punct |
| 18 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 cheerful | punct |
| 19 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 humor | appos |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 cheerful | punct |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 humor | cc |
| 22 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 24 humor | punct |
| 23 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 humor | amod |
| 24 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mood | conj |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 humor | punct |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 27 cross | punct |
| 27 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 humor | appos |
| 28 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 27 cross | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 mood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Humor | a person's mood or state of mind and good humor or bad humor | 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
Humor is also the ability to see what is funny, or what is said in a funny way.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ability | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ability | cop |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 ability | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ability | det |
| 5 | ability | ability | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ability | acl |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 funny | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 funny | cop |
| 10 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 see | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 said | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | aux:pass |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ability | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 way | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 way | det |
| 18 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 way | amod |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ability | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Humor | the ability | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | funny property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present · passive | the ability | a funny way | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in way=Manner |
Example 1
The Lion now recovered his good humor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lion | det |
| 2 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 recovered | nsubj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 recovered | advmod |
| 4 | recovered | recover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 humor | nmod:poss |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 humor | amod |
| 7 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recovered | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 recovered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recover | past | the Lion | Lion's good humor | now | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humor=Theme | |||
| 2 | humor | Lion | nom humor «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
She was in a bad humor after the rain.
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 | 6 humor | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 humor | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 humor | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 humor | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 humor | amod |
| 6 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 rain | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rain | det |
| 9 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 humor | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 humor | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | a bad humor | after the rain | tree rules |
Example 3
His humor made everyone laugh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 humor | nmod:poss |
| 2 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His humor | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | laugh | infinitive | everyone not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | humor | His = he | nom humor «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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