lewd
Who acts: Lewd, way, rude man, everyone, Good people, Lewd words · What happens: mean, not be, tell, look away, not tell, hear · To what, where: lewd joke, lewd stories · Speech: someone speaks here
«lewd» 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: lewd in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Lewd means rude and crude about sex, in a way that is not decent and not suitable for children.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewd | Lewd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 crude | cc |
| 5 | crude | crude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rude | conj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 sex | case |
| 7 | sex | sex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rude | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 way | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 decent | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 decent | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 decent | advmod |
| 15 | decent | decent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 way | acl:relcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 suitable | cc |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 suitable | advmod |
| 18 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 decent | conj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 children | case |
| 20 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 suitable | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Lewd | rude property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | a way | decent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not be | a way not said here | for children | 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 rude man told a lewd joke, and everyone looked away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 6 | lewd | lewd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 joke | amod |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | iobj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 looked | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 looked | cc |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 looked | nsubj |
| 11 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | conj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 looked | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the rude man | a lewd joke | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | look away | past | everyone | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 2
Good people do not tell lewd stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | lewd | lewd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stories | amod |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tell | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | present · do-support | Good people | lewd stories | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
Example 3
Lewd words are not fit for children to hear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewd | lewd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 words | amod |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fit | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fit | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 fit | advmod |
| 5 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 hear | mark |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hear | nsubj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hear | mark |
| 9 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fit | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Lewd words | fit property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | to-infinitive | children | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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