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jeepers

Who acts: surprise, Jeepers, you, boy, Chat · What happens: cry, be, get, look, forget · To what, where: peepers, Jeepers, cartoon, lunch

«jeepers» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: jeepers in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: euphemism, old-fashioned, US — kept apart, not parsed.

a cry of surprise or shock, a mild stand-in for «Jesus».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 surprise	case
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 shock	cc
6	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 in	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 in	det
9	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 in	amod
10	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 stand	punct
12	in	in	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	appos
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 Jesus	case
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 Jesus	punct
15	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 in	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 in	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry		surprise						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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.

Example 1

Jeepers, that was close!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jeepers	jeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 close	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Jeepers	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 close	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 close	cop
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Jeepers					close property	tree rules

Example 2

Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers? (old song)

Sentence 1: Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jeepers	Jeepers	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 creepers	compound
2	creepers	creeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 get	advmod
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 creepers	parataxis
8	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 peepers	det
9	peepers	peeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 creepers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	you	that peepers					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peeper=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (old song)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 song	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 song	amod
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 song	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

Jeepers, look at all that snow!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jeepers	jeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Jeepers	punct
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 snow	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 snow	det
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 snow	det
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	Jeepers					at all snow	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at snow=Theme

Example 4

In the cartoon, the boy cries, «Jeepers!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cries	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cries	nsubj
7	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Jeepers	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Jeepers	punct
10	Jeepers	Jeeper	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 cries	obl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 cries	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 cries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	the boy	Jeepers		the cartoon			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location

Example 5

Chat: jeepers that's expensive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 jeepers	punct
3	jeepers	jeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chat	conj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 expensive	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 expensive	cop
6	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Chat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Chat and jeepers					expensive property	tree rules

Example 6

Jeepers, I forgot my lunch again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jeepers	Jeepers	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 forgot	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Jeepers	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 forgot	nsubj
4	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lunch	nmod:poss
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgot	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 forgot	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	Jeepers	my lunch			again		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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