midget

Who acts: old word, old story, we, Calling, midget submarine, cousin · What happens: consider, not use, say, use, call, be · To what, where: person, word, someone, small submarine, midget car, track · Speech: someone speaks here

«midget» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: midget in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: offensive — kept apart, not parsed.

An old word for a very short person; today it is considered hurtful and should not be used — say «a person of short stature» or «a person with dwarfism».

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 short	advmod
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 considered	punct
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 considered	obl:unmarked
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 considered	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 considered	aux:pass
13	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 word	acl
14	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 considered	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 used	cc
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 used	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 used	advmod
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 used	aux:pass
19	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 considered	conj
20	—	-	PUNCT	_	21 say	punct
21	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 used	parataxis
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 person	punct
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 person	det
24	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 say	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 stature	case
26	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 stature	amod
27	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 person	nmod
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	27 stature	punct
29	or	or	CCONJ	_	32 person	cc
30	«	«	PUNCT	_	32 person	punct
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 person	det
32	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 person	conj
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 dwarfism	case
34	dwarfism	dwarfism	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 person	nmod
35	»	»	PUNCT	_	32 person	punct
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	consider	present · passive	a old word for a short person not said here	person	today	hurtful property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	not use	should · passive	a old word for a short person not said here				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
3	say speech: assert	infinitive		a person of short stature or a person with dwarfism			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent person=Topic

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Very small for its kind: a midget submarine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 small	advmod
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	amod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 kind	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 kind	nmod:poss
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 submarine	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 submarine	det
8	midget	midget	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 submarine	amod
9	submarine	submarine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: sport, Canada, US — kept apart, not parsed.

An age group in youth sports, for older teenagers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 group	det
2	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 group	compound
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sports	case
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sports	compound
6	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 group	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 teenagers	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 teenagers	case
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 teenagers	amod
10	teenagers	teenager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 group	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 group	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The old story used the word «midget», but today we say «person of short stature».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 story	amod
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 midget	punct
8	midget	midget	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 midget	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 say	cc
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	obl:unmarked
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	conj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 person	punct
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 stature	case
18	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 stature	amod
19	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 person	nmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 person	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the old story	the word					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	we	person of short stature			today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent person=Topic

Example 2

Calling someone a midget is hurtful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hurtful	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Calling	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 midget	det
4	midget	midget	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurtful	cop
6	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hurtful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		someone					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme midget=Result
2	is	present	Calling					hurtful property	tree rules

Example 3

A midget submarine is a very small submarine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 submarine	det
2	midget	midget	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 submarine	amod
3	submarine	submarine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 submarine	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 submarine	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 submarine	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 small	advmod
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 submarine	amod
8	submarine	submarine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 submarine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a midget submarine	a small submarine					tree rules

Example 4

My cousin plays in the midget hockey league in Canada.

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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plays	nsubj
3	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 league	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 league	det
6	midget	midget	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 league	amod
7	hockey	hockey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 league	compound
8	league	league	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plays	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Canada	case
10	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 league	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	My cousin					in the midget hockey league in Canada	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

They watched midget car racing at the track.

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 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	midget	midget	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 car	amod
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watched	obj
5	racing	race	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 car	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 track	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 track	det
8	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 racing	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	They	midget car					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme
2	race	gerund	midget car not said here			the track			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at track=Trajectory

Example 6

The plant grew a midget tomato the size of a pea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plant	det
2	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tomato	det
5	midget	midget	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tomato	amod
6	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 size	det
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pea	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pea	det
11	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 size	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the plant	a midget tomato					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent tomato=Beneficiary size=Product

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