momma

Who acts: child, jokes, momma, I, momma bird, you · What happens: word, use, begin, tease, have, pick up · To what, where: jokes, momma, someone, snack, me, school · Speech: someone speaks here

«momma» 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: momma in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, mainly US — kept apart, not parsed.

Mom; a child's word for their mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 child	case
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mom	appos
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 mother	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		a child					for their mother	nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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: informal, mainly US — kept apart, not parsed.

Any mother, including an animal mother, as in "the momma bear".

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 mother	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mother	punct
4	including	including	ADP	_	7 mother	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mother	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mother	compound
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mother	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bear	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 bear	mark
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 bear	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 bear	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bear	det
13	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bear	compound
14	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mother	appos
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 bear	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mother	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: slang, US — kept apart, not parsed.

Used in jokes beginning "Yo momma…", which tease someone about their mother.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 jokes	case
3	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Used	obl
4	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 jokes	acl
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 momma	punct
6	Yo	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Slng	7 momma	nmod:poss
7	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	obj
8	…	.	PUNCT	_	7 momma	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 momma	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tease	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 tease	nsubj
12	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 momma	conj
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 tease	obj
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 mother	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mother	nmod:poss
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 someone	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	participle			jokes		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	begin	gerund	jokes not said here	Yo's momma			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent momma=Eventuality
3	tease	present	Yo's momma	someone		about jokes's mother	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Example 1

Momma, can I have a snack?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Momma	Momma	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Momma	punct
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 snack	det
7	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	I	a snack				Momma vocative	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient

Example 2

My momma picks me up from school on Fridays.

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 momma	nmod:poss
2	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	nsubj
3	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 picks	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 picks	compound:prt
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Fridays	case
9	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 picks	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 picks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	present	My momma	me		school	friday		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic

Example 3

The momma bird brought worms back to the nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 brought	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 nest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nest	det
9	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	past	the momma bird		worms			to the nest	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument worm=Destination

Example 4

Don't go near the cubs, the momma bear will be close by.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 cubs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cubs	det
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 close	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bear	det
9	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bear	compound
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 close	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 close	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 close	cop
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cubs	acl:relcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	13 close	fixed
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the cubs			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near cub=Location
2	is	future	the momma bear	the cubs not said here				close property	tree rules

Example 5

She sang the song her momma used to sing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 momma	nmod:poss
6	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	nsubj
7	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sing	mark
9	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	the song	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	use	past	her momma		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	her momma not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

He's a real momma's boy, he phones her every day.

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	7 boy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 momma	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 momma	amod
5	momma	momma	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boy	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 momma	case
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 phones	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 phones	nsubj
10	phones	phone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 phones	obj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 phones	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a real momma's boy					tree rules
2	phone	present	boy	a real momma's boy not said here	her = she		day		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Example 7

"Momma said there'd be days like this," Grandpa laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	Momma	Momma	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 be	expl
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 be	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 days	cop
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	ccomp
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 this	case
9	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 days	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 laughed	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 laughed	punct
12	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 laughed	nsubj
13	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Momma			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	infinitive		days	like this	tree rules
3	laugh	past	Grandpa			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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