killjoy

Who acts: killjoy, person, you, brother, I, He · What happens: be, spoil, do, not be, come, play · To what, where: person, other people, killjoy, me, bedtime, music · Speech: someone speaks here

«killjoy» 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: killjoy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A killjoy is a person who spoils other people's fun, often by being grumpy or too strict.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 killjoy	det
2	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 spoils	nsubj
7	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 spoils	obj
10	's	's	PART	_	9 people	case
11	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spoils	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grumpy	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	16 grumpy	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 grumpy	case
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 grumpy	cop
16	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spoils	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 strict	cc
18	too	too	ADV	_	19 strict	advmod
19	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grumpy	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a killjoy	a person		tree rules
2	spoil	present	a person	other people	fun property	tree rules
3	is	gerund	a person not said here		grumpy, often property	tree rules
4	be		a person not said here			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

Don't be a killjoy, come and play!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 killjoy	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 killjoy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 killjoy	det
5	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 play	cc
9	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	conj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a killjoy	tree rules
3	come	infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	play	infinitive			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

My brother called me a killjoy when I said it was bedtime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 killjoy	det
6	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 said	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bedtime	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bedtime	cop
12	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	call	past	My brother		me	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	I			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	killjoy	bedtime		tree rules

Example 3

The killjoy turned the music off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 killjoy	det
2	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 music	det
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	3 turned	compound:prt
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn off	past	the killjoy	the music					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent music=Patient

Example 4

He's not a killjoy, he's just worried about safety.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killjoy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 killjoy	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 killjoy	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 killjoy	det
5	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worried	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 worried	advmod
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 killjoy	parataxis
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 safety	case
12	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worried	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 killjoy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	He	a killjoy					tree rules
2	is	present	he					about safety; worried property	tree rules

Example 5

The old caretaker was a killjoy about ball games.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 caretaker	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caretaker	amod
3	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 killjoy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 killjoy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 killjoy	det
6	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 games	case
8	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 games	compound
9	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 killjoy	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 killjoy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the old caretaker	a killjoy				about ball games	tree rules

Example 6

Nobody likes to be called a killjoy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 called	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 likes	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 killjoy	det
7	killjoy	killjoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Nobody						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	call not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Nobody not said here	a killjoy					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»

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