laughter Who acts: Laughter, We, audience, I, everyone, boys · What happens: be, laugh, fill, burst, roar, hear · To what, where: sound, room, laughter, playground, best medicine · Speech: someone speaks here
«laughter» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: laughter in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Laughter is the sound or act of laughing.
nsubj cop det cc conj mark advcl punct root Laughter NOUN is AUX the DET sound NOUN or CCONJ act NOUN of SCONJ laughing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 4 sound nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sound cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sound det 4 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 act cc 6 act act NOUN Number=Sing 4 sound conj 7 of of SCONJ _ 8 laughing mark 8 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 sound advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 sound punct
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1 is a present Laughter the sound or act tree rules 2 laugh gerund Laughter not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 The room was filled with laughter.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET room NOUN was AUX filled VERB with ADP laughter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 room det 2 room room NOUN Number=Sing 4 filled nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 filled aux:pass 4 filled fill VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 with with ADP _ 6 laughter case 6 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 4 filled obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 filled punct
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1 fill past · passive the room with laughter vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with laughter=Instrument
Example 2 We burst into laughter at the funny video.
nsubj case obl case det amod obl punct root We PRON burst VERB into ADP laughter NOUN at ADP the DET funny ADJ video NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 burst nsubj 2 burst burst VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 into into ADP _ 4 laughter case 4 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 2 burst obl 5 at at ADP _ 8 video case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 video det 7 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 8 video amod 8 video video NOUN Number=Sing 2 burst obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 burst punct
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1 burst past We laughter at the funny video vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at video=Location
Example 3 The audience roared with laughter.
det nsubj case obl punct root The DET audience NOUN roared VERB with ADP laughter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 audience det 2 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 3 roared nsubj 3 roared roar VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 laughter case 5 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 3 roared obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 roared punct
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1 roar past the audience with laughter vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with laughter=Theme
Example 4 I could hear laughter from the playground.
nsubj aux obj case det obl punct root I PRON could AUX hear VERB laughter NOUN from ADP the DET playground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 hear nsubj 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 hear aux 3 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 3 hear obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 playground case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 playground det 7 playground playground NOUN Number=Sing 3 hear obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 hear punct
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1 hear could I laughter the playground vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent laughter=Topic from playground=Source
Example 5 Laughter is the best medicine, Grandma says.
nsubj cop det amod appos punct nsubj punct root Laughter NOUN is AUX the DET best ADJ medicine NOUN , PUNCT Grandma NOUN says VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 medicine cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 medicine det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 medicine amod 5 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 1 Laughter appos 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Laughter punct 7 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 says punct
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1 is a present the best medicine tree rules 2 say speech: assert present Laughter vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Her laughter was so loud that everyone turned around.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod mark nsubj advcl advmod punct root Her PRON laughter NOUN was AUX so ADV loud ADJ that SCONJ everyone PRON turned VERB around ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 laughter nmod:poss 2 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 5 loud nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 loud cop 4 so so ADV _ 5 loud advmod 5 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 that that SCONJ _ 8 turned mark 7 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 turned nsubj 8 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 loud advcl 9 around around ADV _ 8 turned advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 loud punct
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1 is past Her laughter loud property tree rules 2 turn around past everyone around property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 Again the boys shouted with laughter.
advmod det nsubj case obl punct root Again ADV the DET boys NOUN shouted VERB with ADP laughter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Again again ADV _ 4 shouted advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 boys det 3 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 4 shouted nsubj 4 shouted shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 with with ADP _ 6 laughter case 6 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 4 shouted obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 shouted punct
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1 shout speech: express past the boys again with laughter vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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