mispronounce Who acts: you, I, your, Many people, He, newsreader · What happens: say, tell, mispronounce, name, read, be · To what, where: word, me, name, epitome, town, words · Speech: someone speaks here
«mispronounce» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: mispronounce in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To say a word or a name in the wrong way, with the wrong sounds or the wrong stress.
The tree, 19 words mark det obj cc det conj case det amod nmod punct case det amod obj cc det amod conj punct root To PART say VERB a DET word NOUN or CCONJ a DET name NOUN in ADP the DET wrong ADJ way NOUN , PUNCT with ADP the DET wrong ADJ sounds NOUN or CCONJ the DET wrong ADJ stress NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 say mark 2 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 word det 4 word word NOUN Number=Sing 2 say obj 5 or or CCONJ _ 7 name cc 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 name det 7 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 word conj 8 in in ADP _ 11 way case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 way det 10 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 11 way amod 11 way way NOUN Number=Sing 7 name nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 sounds punct 13 with with ADP _ 16 sounds case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 sounds det 15 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 16 sounds amod 16 sounds sound NOUN Number=Plur 2 say obj 17 or or CCONJ _ 20 stress cc 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 stress det 19 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 20 stress amod 20 stress stress NOUN Number=Sing 16 sounds conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert to-infinitive a word or a name in the wrong way vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme sound=Manner
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 Please tell me if I mispronounce your name.
discourse iobj mark nsubj ccomp nmod:poss obj punct root Please INTJ tell VERB me PRON if SCONJ I PRON mispronounce VERB your PRON name NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Please please INTJ _ 2 tell discourse 2 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 tell iobj 4 if if SCONJ _ 6 mispronounce mark 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 mispronounce nsubj 6 mispronounce mispronounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 tell ccomp 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 name nmod:poss 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 6 mispronounce obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here me vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic 2 mispronounce a condition, not said to happen present I your name tree rules 3 name your nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 Many people mispronounce «Wednesday».
amod nsubj punct obj punct punct root Many ADJ people NOUN mispronounce VERB « PUNCT Wednesday PROPN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 mispronounce nsubj 3 mispronounce mispronounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 Wednesday punct 5 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN Number=Sing 3 mispronounce obj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 Wednesday punct 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 mispronounce punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mispronounce present Many people wednesday tree rules
Example 3 He mispronounced «epitome» because he had only read it.
nsubj punct obj punct mark nsubj aux advmod advcl obj punct root He PRON mispronounced VERB « PUNCT epitome NOUN » PUNCT because SCONJ he PRON had AUX only ADV read VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 mispronounced nsubj 2 mispronounced mispronounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 epitome punct 4 epitome epitome NOUN Number=Sing 2 mispronounced obj 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 epitome punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 10 read mark 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 read nsubj 8 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 read aux 9 only only ADV _ 10 read advmod 10 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 mispronounced advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 read obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 mispronounced punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mispronounce past He epitome tree rules 2 read past he epitome vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Example 4 The newsreader mispronounced the name of the town.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET newsreader NOUN mispronounced VERB the DET name NOUN of ADP the DET town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 3 mispronounced nsubj 3 mispronounced mispronounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 name det 5 name name NOUN Number=Sing 3 mispronounced obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 town case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 town det 8 town town NOUN Number=Sing 5 name nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 mispronounced punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mispronounce past the newsreader the name of the town tree rules 2 name the town nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 5 It's okay to mispronounce words while you are learning a language.
nsubj cop mark csubj obj mark nsubj aux advcl det obj punct root It PRON 's AUX okay ADJ to PART mispronounce VERB words NOUN while SCONJ you PRON are AUX learning VERB a DET language 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 3 okay nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 okay cop 3 okay okay ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 mispronounce mark 5 mispronounce mispronounce VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 okay csubj 6 words word NOUN Number=Plur 5 mispronounce obj 7 while while SCONJ _ 10 learning mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 learning nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 learning aux 10 learning learn VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 mispronounce advcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 language det 12 language language NOUN Number=Sing 10 learning obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 okay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It okay property tree rules 2 mispronounce to-infinitive words tree rules 3 learn present · progressive you a language vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Topic
Example 6 My little brother mispronounces «spaghetti» as «pasghetti».
nmod:poss amod nsubj punct obj punct case punct obl punct punct root My PRON little ADJ brother NOUN mispronounces VERB « PUNCT spaghetti NOUN » PUNCT as ADP « PUNCT pasghetti X » PUNCT . 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 brother nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 mispronounces nsubj 4 mispronounces mispronounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 « « PUNCT _ 6 spaghetti punct 6 spaghetti spaghetti NOUN Number=Sing 4 mispronounces obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 spaghetti punct 8 as as ADP _ 10 pasghetti case 9 « « PUNCT _ 10 pasghetti punct 10 pasghetti pasghetti X Foreign=Yes 4 mispronounces obl 11 » » PUNCT _ 10 pasghetti punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 mispronounces punct
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1 mispronounce present My little brother spaghetti as pasghetti tree rules
Example 7 The teacher apologised for mispronouncing my surname.
det nsubj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root The DET teacher NOUN apologised VERB for SCONJ mispronouncing VERB my PRON surname NOUN . PUNCT 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 apologised nsubj 3 apologised apologise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 for for SCONJ _ 5 mispronouncing mark 5 mispronouncing mispronounce VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 apologised advcl 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 surname nmod:poss 7 surname surname NOUN Number=Sing 5 mispronouncing obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 apologised punct
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1 apologise speech: apologize past the teacher tree rules 2 mispronounce gerund the teacher not said here my surname tree rules
Example 8 Some words, like «colonel», are easy to mispronounce.
det nsubj punct case punct appos punct punct cop mark xcomp punct root Some DET words NOUN , PUNCT like ADP « PUNCT colonel NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT are AUX easy ADJ to PART mispronounce VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 words det 2 words word NOUN Number=Plur 10 easy nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 colonel punct 4 like like ADP _ 6 colonel case 5 « « PUNCT _ 6 colonel punct 6 colonel colonel NOUN Number=Sing 2 words appos 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 colonel punct 8 , , PUNCT _ 2 words punct 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 easy cop 10 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 11 to to PART _ 12 mispronounce mark 12 mispronounce mispronounce VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 easy xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 10 easy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present some words easy property tree rules 2 mispronounce to-infinitive some words not said here tree rules
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