merry Who acts: Merry, Robin, you, We, guests, They · What happens: mean, use, live, come along, ride, go · To what, where: Merry, greetings, forest, merrier, merry go round, merry song
«merry» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: merry in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun.
nsubj xcomp punct conj cc conj case obl punct root Merry PROPN means VERB happy ADJ , PUNCT cheerful ADJ and CCONJ full ADJ of ADP fun NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Merry Merry PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 cheerful punct 5 cheerful cheerful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 happy conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 full cc 7 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 3 happy conj 8 of of ADP _ 9 fun case 9 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 7 full obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Merry happy property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Merry means a little drunk.
nsubj det obl:unmarked xcomp punct root Merry PROPN means VERB a DET little ADJ drunk ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Merry Merry PROPN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 little det 4 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 5 drunk obl:unmarked 5 drunk drunk ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Merry drunk property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Merry is used in greetings like "Merry Christmas!".
nsubj aux:pass case obl case punct compound nmod punct punct punct root Merry PROPN is AUX used VERB in ADP greetings NOUN like ADP " PUNCT Merry PROPN Christmas PROPN ! PUNCT " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Merry Merry PROPN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 used aux:pass 3 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 greetings case 5 greetings greeting NOUN Number=Plur 3 used obl 6 like like ADP _ 9 Christmas case 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 Christmas punct 8 Merry Merry PROPN Number=Sing 9 Christmas compound 9 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 5 greetings nmod 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 used punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 3 used punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 used punct
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1 use present · passive Merry greetings like Merry Christmas vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 1 Merry Christmas, everyone!
flat punct list punct root Merry PROPN Christmas PROPN , PUNCT everyone PRON ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Merry Merry PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 1 Merry flat 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 everyone punct 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Merry list 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Merry punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2 Robin Hood and his merry men lived in the forest.
nsubj flat cc nmod:poss amod conj case det obl punct root Robin PROPN Hood PROPN and CCONJ his PRON merry ADJ men NOUN lived VERB in ADP the DET forest 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 in in ADP _ 10 forest case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 forest det 10 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 7 lived obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 lived punct
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1 live past Robin and his merry men the forest vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location
Example 3 Come along — the more the merrier!
advmod punct det advmod det obl punct root Come VERB along ADV — PUNCT the DET more ADV the DET merrier NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 along along ADV _ 1 Come advmod 3 — - PUNCT _ 7 merrier punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 more det 5 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 merrier advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 merrier det 7 merrier merrier NOUN Number=Sing 1 Come obl 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Come punct
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1 come along imperative you not said here the merrier along property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 We rode on the merry-go-round at the fair.
nsubj case det amod punct compound punct obl case det obl punct root We PRON rode VERB on ADP the DET merry ADJ - PUNCT go VERB - PUNCT round NOUN at ADP the DET fair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 rode nsubj 2 rode ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 9 round case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 round det 5 merry merry ADJ Degree=Pos 9 round amod 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 go punct 7 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 round compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 go punct 9 round round NOUN Number=Sing 2 rode obl 10 at at ADP _ 12 fair case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 fair det 12 fair fair NOUN Number=Sing 2 rode obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 rode punct
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1 ride past We the merry go round at the fair vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 2 go infinitive vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 The guests were merry after the party.
det nsubj cop advmod case det punct root The DET guests NOUN were AUX merry ADV after ADP the DET party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 guests det 2 guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 7 party nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 party cop 4 merry merry ADV _ 7 party advmod 5 after after ADP _ 7 party case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 party det 7 party party NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 party punct
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1 is past the guests after the party merry property tree rules
Example 6 They sang a merry song.
nsubj det amod obj punct root They PRON sang VERB a DET merry ADJ song NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 sang nsubj 2 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 song det 4 merry merry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 song amod 5 song song NOUN Number=Sing 2 sang obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 sang punct
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1 sing speech: express past They a merry song vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
Example 7 It was a merry hunting party.
nsubj cop det amod compound punct root It PRON was AUX a DET merry ADJ hunting NOUN party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 party nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 party cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 party det 4 merry merry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 party amod 5 hunting hunting NOUN Number=Sing 6 party compound 6 party party NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 party punct
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1 is a past It a merry hunting party tree rules
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