mamma

Who acts: Mamma, I · What happens: be, use, have, get · To what, where: fashioned word, tales, drink, Grand mamma

«mamma» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: mamma in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children. Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother.

Sentence 1: Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mamma	Mamma	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fashioned	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 old	punct
6	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 mother	case
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 word	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 children	case
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 children	amod
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mamma	a fashioned word				for mother	tree rules
2	use	participle		a fashioned word not said here				by young children	vn eat-39.1 «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.

Sentence 2: Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Also	also	ADV	_	2 used	advmod
2	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 tales	case
4	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obl
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 word	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	childlike	childlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 mother	case
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle				tales		as a childlike word for mother	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Mamma, can I have a drink?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mamma	Mamma	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mamma	punct
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 drink	det
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	I	a drink				Mamma vocative	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient

Example 2

Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mamma	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grand	punct
3	mamma	mamma	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj:outer
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 got	obj
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 arms	amod
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 got	nsubj:pass
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · perfect · passive		Grand mamma					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=Theme

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