laddie

Who acts: laddie, little laddie, you · What happens: be, run, come, catch · To what, where: boy, Scottish word, fish

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

Meaning 1

A laddie is a boy or young lad; it is a Scottish word for a little boy.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 laddie	det
2	laddie	laddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 lad	cc
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lad	amod
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 word	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 word	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 word	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 word	det
13	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 word	amod
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	appos
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 boy	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 boy	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 boy	amod
18	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a laddie	a boy or young lad					tree rules
2	is a	present	laddie	a Scottish word				for a little boy	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

The little laddie ran to the well.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 laddie	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 laddie	amod
3	laddie	laddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the little laddie					to the well result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to well=Result

Example 2

Come here, laddie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Come	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 laddie	punct
4	laddie	laddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Come	vocative
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here			here		laddie vocative	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The laddie caught a fish for breakfast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laddie	det
2	laddie	laddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 breakfast	case
7	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the laddie	a fish				for breakfast	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fish=Theme for breakfast=Beneficiary

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