hysterical Who acts: you, example, film, joke, I, She · What happens: frighten, not control, scream, cry, be, laugh · To what, where: feelings, hysterical laughter, chair, spider, hysterics, tail · Speech: someone speaks here
«hysterical» 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: hysterical in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 So upset, frightened or excited that you cannot control your feelings, for example screaming or crying wildly.
The tree, 18 words advmod punct conj cc conj mark nsubj aux advmod ccomp nmod:poss obj punct case obl acl cc conj advmod punct root So ADV upset ADJ , PUNCT frightened VERB or CCONJ excited ADJ that SCONJ you PRON can AUX not PART control VERB your PRON feelings NOUN , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN screaming VERB or CCONJ crying VERB wildly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 2 upset advmod 2 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 frightened punct 4 frightened frighten VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 upset conj 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 excited cc 6 excited excited ADJ Degree=Pos 2 upset conj 7 that that SCONJ _ 11 control mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 control nsubj 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 control aux 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 control advmod 11 control control VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 excited ccomp 12 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 feelings nmod:poss 13 feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 11 control obj 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 example punct 15 for for ADP _ 16 example case 16 example example NOUN Number=Sing 11 control obl 17 screaming scream VERB VerbForm=Ger 16 example acl 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 crying cc 19 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 17 screaming conj 20 wildly wildly ADV _ 19 crying advmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 upset punct
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1 frighten participle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 not control can you your feelings for example vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme 3 scream speech: express gerund example not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 cry speech: express gerund example not said here wildly property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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.
Meaning 2 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Extremely funny: «the film was hysterical».
advmod punct punct det nsubj cop conj punct punct root Extremely ADV funny ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT the DET film NOUN was AUX hysterical ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Extremely extremely ADV _ 2 funny advmod 2 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 8 hysterical punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 8 hysterical punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 film det 6 film film NOUN Number=Sing 8 hysterical nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 hysterical cop 8 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 funny conj 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 hysterical punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 funny punct
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1 is in a quote past the film hysterical property tree rules
Meaning 3 Laughing so much you cannot stop: hysterical laughter.
csubj advmod advmod nsubj aux advmod punct amod obl punct root Laughing VERB so ADV much ADV you PRON can AUX not PART stop VERB : PUNCT hysterical ADJ laughter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 stop csubj 2 so so ADV _ 3 much advmod 3 much much ADV _ 7 stop advmod 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 stop nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 stop aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 stop advmod 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 : : PUNCT _ 10 laughter punct 9 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 10 laughter amod 10 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 7 stop obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 stop punct
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1 laugh gerund vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not stop can you hysterical laughter vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 1 The joke was so hysterical that I fell off my chair.
det nsubj cop advmod mark nsubj advcl compound:prt nmod:poss obj punct root The DET joke NOUN was AUX so ADV hysterical ADJ that SCONJ I PRON fell VERB off ADP my PRON chair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 joke det 2 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 5 hysterical nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 hysterical cop 4 so so ADV _ 5 hysterical advmod 5 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 8 fell mark 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 fell nsubj 8 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 hysterical advcl 9 off off ADP _ 8 fell compound:prt 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 chair nmod:poss 11 chair chair NOUN Number=Sing 8 fell obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 hysterical punct
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1 is past the joke hysterical property tree rules 2 fall off past I my chair vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient chair=Extent
Example 2 She became hysterical when she saw the spider.
nsubj xcomp advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct root She PRON became VERB hysterical ADJ when ADV she PRON saw VERB the DET spider NOUN . PUNCT 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 became nsubj 2 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 2 became xcomp 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 saw advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 saw nsubj 6 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 became advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 spider det 8 spider spider NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 became punct
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1 become past She hysterical property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 see past she the spider vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spider=Stimulus
Example 3 We were in hysterics watching the cat chase its tail.
nsubj cop case acl det nsubj ccomp nmod:poss obj punct root We PRON were AUX in ADP hysterics NOUN watching VERB the DET cat NOUN chase VERB its PRON tail NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 hysterics nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 hysterics cop 3 in in ADP _ 4 hysterics case 4 hysterics hysteric NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 watching watch VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 hysterics acl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cat det 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 8 chase nsubj 8 chase chase VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 watching ccomp 9 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 tail nmod:poss 10 tail tail NOUN Number=Sing 8 chase obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 hysterics punct
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1 is past We hysterics tree rules 2 watch gerund hysterics not said here tree rules 3 chase infinitive the cat cat's tail vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
Example 4 Stay calm in a fire drill; getting hysterical makes things worse.
xcomp case det compound obl punct csubj xcomp parataxis obj xcomp punct root Stay VERB calm ADJ in ADP a DET fire NOUN drill NOUN ; PUNCT getting VERB hysterical ADJ makes VERB things NOUN worse ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Stay xcomp 3 in in ADP _ 6 drill case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 drill det 5 fire fire NOUN Number=Sing 6 drill compound 6 drill drill NOUN Number=Sing 1 Stay obl 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 makes punct 8 getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 makes csubj 9 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 8 getting xcomp 10 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay parataxis 11 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 10 makes obj 12 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 makes xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Stay punct
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1 stay imperative you not said here a fire drill calm property vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in drill=Location 2 get gerund hysterical property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 3 make present getting things bad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product
Example 5 The crowd went hysterical when the band came on stage.
det nsubj xcomp mark det nsubj advcl case obl punct root The DET crowd NOUN went VERB hysterical ADJ when SCONJ the DET band NOUN came VERB on ADP stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 crowd det 2 crowd crowd NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 3 went xcomp 5 when when SCONJ _ 8 came mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 band det 7 band band NOUN Number=Sing 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 went advcl 9 on on ADP _ 10 stage case 10 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past the crowd hysterical property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 come past the band stage vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stage=Location
Example 6 The toddler was hysterical because he lost his teddy.
det nsubj cop mark nsubj advcl nmod:poss obj punct root The DET toddler NOUN was AUX hysterical ADJ because SCONJ he PRON lost VERB his PRON teddy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 toddler det 2 toddler toddler NOUN Number=Sing 4 hysterical nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 hysterical cop 4 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 lost mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 lost nsubj 7 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 hysterical advcl 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 teddy nmod:poss 9 teddy teddy NOUN Number=Sing 7 lost obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 hysterical punct
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1 is past the toddler hysterical property tree rules 2 lose past toddler toddler's teddy vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Eventuality
Example 7 Dad told a hysterical story about his first day at work.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod:poss amod nmod case nmod punct root Dad NOUN told VERB a DET hysterical ADJ story NOUN about ADP his PRON first ADJ day NOUN at ADP work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 4 hysterical hysterical ADJ Degree=Pos 5 story amod 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 2 told obj 6 about about ADP _ 9 day case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 day nmod:poss 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 day amod 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 story nmod 10 at at ADP _ 11 work case 11 work work NOUN Number=Sing 9 day nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past Dad a hysterical story about Dad's first day at work vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
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