misspoke

Who acts: accident, minister, I, News, he, Chat · What happens: say, avoid, admit, word, misspeak, mean · To what, where: something, lie, wrong word, Chat, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«misspoke» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: misspoke in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: euphemism, official — kept apart, not parsed.

said something untrue or wrong — often to avoid admitting a lie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 said	obj
3	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 something	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 wrong	cc
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 untrue	conj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 avoid	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	9 avoid	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avoid	mark
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 said	conj
10	admitting	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 avoid	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lie	det
12	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 admitting	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	something		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	avoid	to-infinitive		often property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	admit speech: other	gerund	a lie		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme

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: literal — kept apart, not parsed.

said the wrong word by accident.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 word	det
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 word	amod
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 said	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 accident	case
6	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 word	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		the wrong word				by accident	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	word		accident						nom word «communication transitive»: by=agent

Example 1

The minister said she misspoke about the numbers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minister	det
2	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 misspoke	nsubj
5	misspoke	misspeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 numbers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 numbers	det
8	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 misspoke	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the minister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	misspeak	past	minister					about the numbers	tree rules

Example 2

Sorry, I misspoke — I meant Tuesday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	4 misspoke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sorry	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 misspoke	nsubj
4	misspoke	misspeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 meant	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 meant	nsubj
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 misspoke	ccomp
8	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 meant	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 misspoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	misspeak	past	I						tree rules
2	mean	past	I				tuesday		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

News: The spokesman later said he had misspoken.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	News	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 spokesman	punct
3	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spokesman	det
4	spokesman	spokesman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 News	conj
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 said	advmod
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 misspoken	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 misspoken	aux
9	misspoken	misspeak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 said	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	News and the spokesman					late property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	misspeak	past · perfect	he						tree rules

Example 4

Chat: «misspoke» = got caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caught	nsubj:pass
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 misspoke	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 misspoke	punct
4	misspoke	misspeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Chat	acl:relcl
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 misspoke	punct
6	=	=	SYM	_	4 misspoke	punct
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 caught	aux:pass
8	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	misspeak in a quote	past	Chat not said here						tree rules
2	catch	past · passive		Chat					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 5

The teacher misspoke and called me by my sister's name.

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 misspoke	nsubj
3	misspoke	misspeak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 called	cc
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 misspoke	conj
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 called	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 name	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 name	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 sister	case
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 misspoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	misspeak	past	the teacher			tree rules
2	call	past	the teacher not said here	me	by my sister's name	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
3	name		my sister			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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