meme

Who acts: people, habit, brother, meme, memes, teacher · What happens: copy, change, share, spread, send, go · To what, where: that, internet, funny meme, me, memes, meme

«meme» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: meme in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A funny picture, video or phrase that people copy, change and share quickly on the internet.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 picture	det
2	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 picture	amod
3	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 video	punct
5	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picture	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 phrase	cc
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picture	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 copy	obj
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 copy	nsubj
10	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 picture	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 change	punct
12	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 copy	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 share	cc
14	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 change	conj
15	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	14 share	advmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 internet	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 internet	det
18	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 share	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 picture	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	copy	present	people	that			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
2	change	infinitive	people not said here				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	share	infinitive	people not said here		the internet	quickly property	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: formal, science — kept apart, not parsed.

An idea, habit or style that spreads from person to person in a culture.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 idea	det
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 habit	punct
4	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 idea	appos
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 style	cc
6	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 habit	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 spreads	nsubj
8	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 habit	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spreads	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 person	case
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 culture	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 culture	det
15	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 person	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	habit or style					from person to person in a culture	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

My brother sent me a funny meme about cats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 sent	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meme	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meme	amod
7	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 cats	case
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 meme	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	My brother	a funny meme	me				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination meme=Theme

Example 2

That meme went viral in one day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 meme	det
2	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	viral	viral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 day	nummod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	that meme				day	viral property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Some memes are unkind, so don't share them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 memes	det
2	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unkind	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	cop
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 share	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 share	advmod
7	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 share	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 share	advmod
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unkind	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 share	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 unkind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some memes					unkind property	tree rules
2	not share	infinitive · do-support	some memes not said here	memes = meme					tree rules

Example 4

The teacher used a meme to make us laugh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meme	det
5	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	the teacher	a meme	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	us	tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive	us not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

People made thousands of memes from that video.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 memes	case
5	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thousands	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 video	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 video	det
8	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	People	thousands of memes		that video			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent thousand=Product from video=Material

Example 6

A catchphrase can spread like a meme.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 catchphrase	det
2	catchphrase	catchphrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spread	aux
4	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 meme	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meme	det
7	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	can	a catchphrase					like a meme	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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