lass

Who acts: lass, She, that, lads, bonny lass, Sarah · What happens: be, use, talk, go, sing, come · To what, where: girl, Lass, clever lass, dance, lovely lass, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«lass» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: lass in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, Scotland and northern England — kept apart, not parsed.

A lass is a girl or young woman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lass	det
2	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 woman	cc
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a lass	a girl or young woman					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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Lass is used as a friendly way to talk to a girl or woman, as in Thanks, lass.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 talk	mark
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 girl	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talk	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 woman	cc
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 girl	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Thanks	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 Thanks	case
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 Thanks	case
18	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talk	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 lass	punct
20	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Thanks	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Lass				as a friendly way	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as way=Attribute
2	talk	to-infinitive						to a girl or woman; as Thanks and lass	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to girl=Co-Agent

Example 1

She's a clever lass. (UK dialect)

Sentence 1: She's a clever lass.

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	5 lass	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lass	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lass	det
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lass	amod
5	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a clever lass					tree rules

Sentence 2: (UK dialect)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 dialect	punct
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dialect	compound
3	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 dialect	punct

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

Example 2

Thanks, lass, that's very kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lass	punct
3	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thanks	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 kind	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 kind	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 kind	advmod
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Thanks	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Thanks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					kind property	tree rules

Example 3

The lads and lasses went to the dance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lads	det
2	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lasses	cc
4	lasses	lass	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lads	conj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 dance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dance	det
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the lads and lasses			the dance			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dance=Initial_Location

Example 4

A bonny lass sang by the river. (Scots)

Sentence 1: A bonny lass sang by the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lass	det
2	bonny	bonny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lass	compound
3	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	nsubj
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	a bonny lass					by the river	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location

Sentence 2: (Scots)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Scots	punct
2	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Scots	punct

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

Example 5

Our Sarah's a lovely lass. (northern England)

Sentence 1: Our Sarah's a lovely lass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Sarah	nmod:poss
2	Sarah	Sarah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lass	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lass	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lass	det
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lass	amod
6	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Our Sarah	a lovely lass					tree rules

Sentence 2: (northern England)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 6

Come here, lass, and tell me what happened.

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 lass	punct
4	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Come	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Come	conj
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 happened	nsubj
10	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here	lass		here	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
3	happen	past					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

And the lass whispered in his ear:

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 whispered	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lass	det
3	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	nsubj
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ear	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ear	nmod:poss
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 whispered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	the lass			lass's ear			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location

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