merriment Who acts: people, Amusement, great merriment, village feast, eyes, silly hat · What happens: celebrate, cause, mistake, be, twinkle, echo · To what, where: much merriment, Christmas party, place, Christmas tree, room, song
«merriment» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: merriment in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Happy fun, laughter and enjoyment, especially when people are together celebrating.
amod punct conj cc conj punct advmod advmod nsubj aux advmod conj punct root Happy ADJ fun NOUN , PUNCT laughter NOUN and CCONJ enjoyment NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV when ADV people NOUN are AUX together ADV celebrating VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fun amod 2 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 laughter punct 4 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 2 fun conj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 enjoyment cc 6 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN Number=Sing 2 fun conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 celebrating punct 8 especially especially ADV _ 13 celebrating advmod 9 when when ADV PronType=Int 13 celebrating advmod 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 celebrating nsubj 11 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 celebrating aux 12 together together ADV _ 13 celebrating advmod 13 celebrating celebrate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 fun conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 fun punct
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1 celebrate present · progressive people especially, together property vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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.
Meaning 2 Amusement: «his mistake caused much merriment».
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj amod obj punct punct root Amusement NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT his PRON mistake NOUN caused VERB much ADJ merriment NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Amusement amusement NOUN Number=Sing 6 caused nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Amusement punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 6 caused punct 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 mistake nmod:poss 5 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 6 caused nsubj 6 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 8 merriment amod 8 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 6 caused obj 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 merriment punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 caused punct
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1 cause in a quote past Amusement much merriment vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition merriment=Patient 2 mistake in a quote Amusement nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 There was great merriment at the Christmas party.
expl amod nsubj case det compound obl punct root There PRON was VERB great ADJ merriment NOUN at ADP the DET Christmas PROPN party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 was expl 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 merriment amod 4 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 2 was nsubj 5 at at ADP _ 8 party case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 party det 7 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 8 party compound 8 party party NOUN Number=Sing 2 was obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 be past great merriment the Christmas party; there vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at party=Location
Example 2 The village feast was full of music and merriment.
det compound nsubj cop case obl cc conj punct root The DET village NOUN feast NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP music NOUN and CCONJ merriment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 feast det 2 village village NOUN Number=Sing 3 feast compound 3 feast feast NOUN Number=Sing 5 full nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 full cop 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 music case 7 music music NOUN Number=Sing 5 full obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 merriment cc 9 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 7 music conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 full punct
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1 is past the village feast of music and merriment; full property tree rules
Example 3 Grandpa's eyes twinkled with merriment.
nmod:poss case nsubj case obl punct root Grandpa PROPN 's PART eyes NOUN twinkled VERB with ADP merriment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 3 eyes nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grandpa case 3 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 4 twinkled nsubj 4 twinkled twinkle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 with with ADP _ 6 merriment case 6 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 4 twinkled obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 twinkled punct
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1 twinkle past Grandpa's eyes with merriment vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with merriment=Theme
Example 4 My silly hat caused much merriment.
nmod:poss amod nsubj amod obj punct root My PRON silly ADJ hat NOUN caused VERB much ADJ merriment NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 hat nmod:poss 2 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hat amod 3 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 4 caused nsubj 4 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 6 merriment amod 6 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 4 caused obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 caused punct
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1 cause past My silly hat much merriment vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition merriment=Patient
Example 5 The fair was a place of merriment and games.
det nsubj cop det case nmod cc conj punct root The DET fair NOUN was AUX a DET place NOUN of ADP merriment NOUN and CCONJ games NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fair det 2 fair fair NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 merriment case 7 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 games cc 9 games game NOUN Number=Plur 5 place conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a past the fair a place and games of merriment tree rules
Example 6 Their merriment echoed down the street.
nmod:poss nsubj case det obl punct root Their PRON merriment NOUN echoed VERB down ADP the DET street NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 merriment nmod:poss 2 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 3 echoed nsubj 3 echoed echo VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 down down ADP _ 6 street case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 street det 6 street street NOUN Number=Sing 3 echoed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 echoed punct
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1 echo past Their merriment down the street vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 After the win, the team's merriment lasted all evening.
case det obl punct det nmod:poss case nsubj det obl:unmarked punct root After ADP the DET win NOUN , PUNCT the DET team NOUN 's PART merriment NOUN lasted VERB all DET evening NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 win case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 win det 3 win win NOUN Number=Sing 9 lasted obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 win punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 team det 6 team team NOUN Number=Sing 8 merriment nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 team case 8 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 9 lasted nsubj 9 lasted last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 evening det 11 evening evening NOUN Number=Sing 9 lasted obl:unmarked 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 lasted punct
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1 last past the team's merriment after the win; evening vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Example 8 Robin Hood and his merry men lived with laughter and merriment.
nsubj flat cc nmod:poss amod conj case obl cc conj punct root Robin PROPN Hood PROPN and CCONJ his PRON merry ADJ men NOUN lived VERB with ADP laughter NOUN and CCONJ merriment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Robin Robin PROPN Number=Sing 7 lived nsubj 2 Hood Hood PROPN Number=Sing 1 Robin flat 3 and and CCONJ _ 6 men cc 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 men nmod:poss 5 merry merry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 men amod 6 men man NOUN Number=Plur 1 Robin conj 7 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 with with ADP _ 9 laughter case 9 laughter laughter NOUN Number=Sing 7 lived obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 merriment cc 11 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 9 laughter conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 lived punct
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1 live past Robin and his merry men with laughter and merriment vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with laughter=Location
Example 9 In the room the Christmas tree was lit, and there were song and merriment.
The tree, 14 words case det obl det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass punct cc expl conj obj cc conj punct root In ADP the DET room NOUN the DET Christmas PROPN tree NOUN was AUX lit VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ there PRON were VERB song NOUN and CCONJ merriment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 room case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 room det 3 room room NOUN Number=Sing 8 lit obl 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tree det 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 6 tree compound 6 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 8 lit nsubj:pass 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 lit aux:pass 8 lit lit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 were punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 were cc 11 there there PRON PronType=Dem 12 were expl 12 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 lit conj 13 song song NOUN Number=Sing 12 were obj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 merriment cc 15 merriment merriment NOUN Number=Sing 13 song conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 8 lit punct
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1 lit past · passive the Christmas tree the room tree rules 2 be past song and merriment there vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot song=Theme
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