imp
Who acts: imp, This, Poor Iktomi · What happens: be, say, understand, not help · To what, where: small mischievous devil, naughty little child, fault, business, little imp · Speech: someone speaks here
«imp» 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: imp in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An imp is a small, mischievous devil or sprite in old stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 imp | det |
| 2 | imp | imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 devil | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 devil | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 devil | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 devil | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 small | punct |
| 7 | mischievous | mischievous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 devil | amod |
| 8 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 sprite | cc |
| 10 | sprite | sprite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 devil | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 stories | case |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 stories | amod |
| 13 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sprite | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 devil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a imp | a small mischievous devil or sprite in old stories | 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
An imp is a naughty little child, said playfully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 imp | det |
| 2 | imp | imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 child | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 5 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 imp | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 imp | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | playfully | playfully | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a imp and a naughty little child not said here | a naughty little child | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | a imp and a naughty little child | playfully property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
This is the imp's fault!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fault | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 imp | det |
| 4 | imp | imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fault | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 imp | case |
| 6 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 fault | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | the imp's fault | tree rules |
Example 2
The imp understood his business.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 imp | det |
| 2 | imp | imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 understood | nsubj |
| 3 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 business | nmod:poss |
| 5 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 understood | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 understood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | past | the imp | imp's business | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer business=Stimulus |
Example 3
Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Iktomi | amod |
| 2 | Iktomi | Iktomi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 help | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 help | advmod |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 imp | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 imp | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 imp | amod |
| 9 | imp | imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 help | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not help | can | Poor Iktomi | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | gerund | a little imp | tree rules |
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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