impersonation

Who acts: way, Pretending, people, She, brilliant impersonation, class · What happens: speak, copy, pretend, be, trick, do · To what, where: voice, someone, people, crime, brilliant impersonation, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

«impersonation» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: impersonation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A funny copy of someone's voice, way of speaking or actions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 copy	det
2	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 copy	amod
3	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 way	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 voice	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 voice	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 someone	case
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copy	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 speaking	mark
11	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 way	acl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 actions	cc
13	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 speaking	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund	way not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	copy			someone's voice					nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Pretending to be someone else to trick people, which can be a crime.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 trick	csubj
2	to	to	PART	_	4 someone	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Pretending	xcomp
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 someone	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 crime	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 crime	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 crime	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 crime	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 crime	det
14	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 people	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund				tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive		someone	else property	tree rules
3	trick	to-infinitive	Pretending	people and a crime		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
4	is a	can	people and a crime	a crime		tree rules

Example 1

She does a brilliant impersonation of our dog barking.

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 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 impersonation	det
4	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 impersonation	amod
5	impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dog	nmod:poss
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impersonation	nmod
9	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 impersonation	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present	She	a brilliant impersonation of our dog	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impersonation=Eventuality
2	bark	gerund	a brilliant impersonation of our dog not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	impersonate			our dog	nom impersonation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The class laughed at his impersonation of a pirate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 impersonation	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 impersonation	nmod:poss
6	impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pirate	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pirate	det
9	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impersonation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the class			class's impersonation of a pirate			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	impersonate		class	a pirate					nom impersonation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 3

The fake email was an impersonation of a real company.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 email	det
2	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 email	amod
3	email	email	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impersonation	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impersonation	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 impersonation	det
6	impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 company	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 company	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 company	amod
10	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impersonation	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 impersonation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fake email	a impersonation				of a real company	tree rules

Example 4

Impersonation of a police officer is a crime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crime	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 officer	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 officer	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 officer	compound
5	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Impersonation	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 crime	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crime	det
8	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 crime	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Impersonation of a police officer	a crime					tree rules
2	impersonate			a police officer					nom impersonation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The comedian's impersonations of famous singers were amazing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comedian	det
2	comedian	comedian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impersonations	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 comedian	case
4	impersonations	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 amazing	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 singers	case
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 singers	amod
7	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 impersonations	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 amazing	cop
9	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 amazing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the comedian's impersonations of famous singers					amazing property	tree rules
2	impersonate		the comedian	famous singers					nom impersonation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 6

We learned how to spot impersonation in online messages.

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	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 spot	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 spot	mark
5	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learned	xcomp
6	impersonation	impersonation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spot	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 messages	case
8	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 messages	amod
9	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spot	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spot	to-infinitive	We not said here	impersonation				in online messages	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent impersonation=Destination in message=Theme

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