lout
Who acts: lout, rude clumsy stupid young man, you, louts · What happens: be, behave, push, do, not be, throw · To what, where: rude clumsy stupid young man, lout, stones
«lout» 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: lout in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A lout is a rude, clumsy, stupid young man who behaves badly.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lout | det |
| 2 | lout | lout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 man | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rude | punct |
| 7 | clumsy | clumsy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 clumsy | punct |
| 9 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 behaves | nsubj |
| 13 | behaves | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | acl:relcl |
| 14 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 behaves | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lout | a rude clumsy stupid young man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | behave | present | a rude clumsy stupid young man | badly property | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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 lout pushed past the old lady.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lout | det |
| 2 | lout | lout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | nsubj |
| 3 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | past | past | ADP | _ | 7 lady | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lady | amod |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | past | the lout | past the old lady | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent past lady=Trajectory |
Example 2
Don't be such a lout!
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 | 6 lout | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 lout | cop |
| 4 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 lout | det:predet |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lout | det |
| 6 | lout | lout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | infinitive | such lout | tree rules |
Example 3
The louts threw stones at the dog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 louts | det |
| 2 | louts | lout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 threw | nsubj |
| 3 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 threw | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 dog | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 threw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | the louts | stones | at the dog | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at dog=Destination |
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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