minx

Who acts: minx, cheeky sly girl, you, little minx, idle minx · What happens: be, tease, behave, minx, say, laugh · To what, where: cheeky sly girl, pert way, sweets, back · Speech: someone speaks here

«minx» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: minx in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 minx	det
2	minx	minx	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 girl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cheeky	punct
7	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 teases	nsubj
10	teases	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 girl	acl:relcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 behaves	cc
12	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 teases	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 way	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 way	det
15	pert	pert	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 behaves	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 name	punct
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 name	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 fashioned	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 old	punct
21	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 name	amod
22	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	26 girl	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 girl	det
25	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 girl	amod
26	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 name	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a minx	a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl		tree rules
2	tease	present	a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl			vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	behave	present	a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl not said here		a pert way	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

Example 1

"Oh, you little minx!" said Gran, laughing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 minx	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	6 minx	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 minx	nsubj
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minx	amod
6	minx	minx	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 minx	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 minx	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughing	punct
12	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 said	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	minx in a quote		you	tree rules
2	say speech: express	past	little minx	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	gerund	little minx not said here	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The minx hid the sweets behind her back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minx	det
2	minx	minx	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sweets	det
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obj
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 back	nmod:poss
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the minx	the sweets		minx's back			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient behind back=Location

Example 3

The idle minx would not help with the dishes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 minx	det
2	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 minx	amod
3	minx	minx	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 help	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 help	advmod
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 dishes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dishes	det
9	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 help	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	would	the idle minx					with the dishes	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dish=Theme

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