jocular Who acts: Jocular, Grandpa, headteacher, jocular manner, everyone, It · What happens: mean, joke, be, make, relax, answer · To what, where: funny, jocular mood, jocular comment, everyone, jocular letter, jocular tone · Speech: someone speaks here
«jocular» 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: jocular in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Jocular means joking, funny and playful in a friendly way.
nsubj xcomp punct obj cc conj case det amod obl punct root Jocular ADJ means VERB joking VERB , PUNCT funny ADJ and CCONJ playful ADJ in ADP a DET friendly ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 joking joke VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 funny punct 5 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 3 joking obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 playful cc 7 playful playful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 funny conj 8 in in ADP _ 11 way case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 way det 10 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 11 way amod 11 way way NOUN Number=Sing 7 playful obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Jocular vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 joke speech: other not said to happen gerund Jocular not said here funny 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.
Example 1 Grandpa was in a jocular mood at dinner.
nsubj cop case det amod case nmod punct root Grandpa PROPN was AUX in ADP a DET jocular ADJ mood NOUN at ADP dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 6 mood nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 mood cop 3 in in ADP _ 6 mood case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mood det 5 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 6 mood amod 6 mood mood NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 at at ADP _ 8 dinner case 8 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 6 mood nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 mood punct
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1 is past Grandpa a jocular mood at dinner tree rules
Example 2 The headteacher made a jocular comment about the rain.
det nsubj det amod obj case det nmod punct root The DET headteacher NOUN made VERB a DET jocular ADJ comment NOUN about ADP the DET rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 headteacher det 2 headteacher headteacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 comment det 5 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 6 comment amod 6 comment comment NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 7 about about ADP _ 9 rain case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 rain det 9 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 6 comment nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the headteacher a jocular comment about the rain vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset comment=Product
Example 3 His jocular manner made everyone relax.
nmod:poss amod nsubj obj xcomp punct root His PRON jocular ADJ manner NOUN made VERB everyone PRON relax VERB . PUNCT 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 3 manner nmod:poss 2 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 3 manner amod 3 manner manner NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 made obj 6 relax relax VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 made xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make past His jocular manner everyone tree rules 2 relax infinitive everyone not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 4 It was a jocular letter full of puns.
nsubj cop det amod amod case obl punct root It PRON was AUX a DET jocular ADJ letter NOUN full ADJ of ADP puns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 letter nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 letter cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 letter det 4 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 5 letter amod 5 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 5 letter amod 7 of of ADP _ 8 puns case 8 puns pun NOUN Number=Plur 6 full obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 letter punct
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1 is a past It a jocular letter tree rules
Example 5 She answered in a jocular tone.
nsubj case det amod obl punct root She PRON answered VERB in ADP a DET jocular ADJ tone 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 answered nsubj 2 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 6 tone case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 tone det 5 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 6 tone amod 6 tone tone NOUN Number=Sing 2 answered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past She a jocular tone vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The jocular coach always told jokes at practice.
det amod nsubj advmod iobj case obl punct root The DET jocular ADJ coach NOUN always ADV told VERB jokes NOUN at ADP practice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 coach det 2 jocular jocular ADJ Degree=Pos 3 coach amod 3 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 5 told nsubj 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 told advmod 5 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 5 told iobj 7 at at ADP _ 8 practice case 8 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 5 told obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the jocular coach jokes practice always property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient
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