mutt

Who acts: dog, scruffy mutt, Mutts, you, little mutt, Nobody · What happens: mix, say, be, keep, steal, make · To what, where: mutt, rescue centre, ball, great pets, Dad, tail · Speech: someone speaks here

«mutt» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: mutt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A dog of no particular breed, a mixed-breed dog; often said with love.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 breed	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 breed	det
5	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 breed	amod
6	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dog	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
9	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 breed	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 mixed	punct
11	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dog	compound
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	15 said	advmod
15	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dog	parataxis
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 love	case
17	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	say speech: assert	participle						with love; often property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with love=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, old-fashioned, insult — kept apart, not parsed.

A silly or stupid person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 stupid	cc
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silly	conj
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

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

Example 1

Our dog is a mutt from the rescue centre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mutt	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mutt	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mutt	det
5	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 centre	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 centre	det
8	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 centre	compound
9	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mutt	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mutt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Our dog	a mutt		the rescue centre			tree rules

Example 2

That scruffy mutt keeps stealing our ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 mutt	det
2	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mutt	amod
3	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeps	xcomp
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ball	nmod:poss
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stealing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	that scruffy mutt						tree rules
2	steal	gerund	that scruffy mutt not said here	our ball					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ball=Theme

Example 3

Mutts can make great pets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mutts	mutt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pets	amod
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Mutts	great pets					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pet=Product

Example 4

«Come here, you silly mutt!» laughed Dad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
2	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 laughed	ccomp
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Come	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mutt	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 mutt	nsubj
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mutt	amod
7	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Come	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
10	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 laughed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive			here	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mutt in a quote		you			tree rules
3	laugh	past		Dad		tree rules

Example 5

The little mutt wagged its tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mutt	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mutt	amod
3	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagged	nsubj
4	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagged	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	the little mutt	mutt's tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Example 6

Nobody knows what breeds are mixed in our mutt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mixed	nsubj:pass
4	breeds	breed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mixed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mixed	aux:pass
6	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knows	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mutt	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mutt	nmod:poss
9	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mixed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	mix	present · passive				our mutt			vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 7

Don't be such a mutt, it's easy!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 mutt	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 mutt	cop
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	6 mutt	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mutt	det
6	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 easy	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 easy	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 easy	cop
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	advcl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		such mutt		tree rules
3	is	present	you not said here		easy property	tree rules

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