narc

Who acts: police officer, person, Jayden, narc, He, Nobody · What happens: work, stop, tell, do, not be, say · To what, where: illegal drugs, teacher, others, tale, someone, narc · Speech: someone speaks here

«narc» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: narc in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 officer	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 officer	compound
3	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 works	nsubj
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 officer	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 works	advcl
8	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drugs	amod
9	drugs	drug	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 officer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a police officer						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	to-infinitive	a police officer not said here	illegal drugs					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality drug=Eventuality

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: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who tells on others to a teacher, parent or the police; a snitch or tell-tale.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tells	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 parent	punct
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teacher	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 police	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 police	det
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 teacher	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 snitch	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 snitch	det
17	snitch	snitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 tell	cc
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 snitch	conj
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 tale	punct
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	a person and a snitch		a teacher and parent or the police	others			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		tale					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

Meaning 3

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

To tell on someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tell	mark
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive				someone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 4

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

Short for «narcissist», a very selfish, vain person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 narcissist	case
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 narcissist	punct
4	narcissist	narcissist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Short	obl
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 narcissist	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 selfish	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 selfish	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 selfish	advmod
9	selfish	selfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narcissist	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 person	punct
11	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 selfish	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Short	punct

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

Example 1

«Don't be a narc and tell Miss,» said Jayden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Do	punct
2	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	ccomp
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 narc	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 narc	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 narc	det
6	narc	narc	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Do	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Do	conj
9	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Do	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Do	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do in a quote	infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a in a quote	infinitive		a narc		tree rules
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			Miss	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient
4	say speech: assert	past	Jayden			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

In the film, the narc pretended to be a student.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretended	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narc	det
6	narc	narc	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretended	nsubj
7	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	11 student	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 student	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 student	det
11	student	student	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretended	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pretended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	the narc			the film			tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	the narc not said here	a student					tree rules

Example 3

He narced on us about the broken window.

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 narced	nsubj
2	narced	narc	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 us	case
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 narced	obl
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
7	broken	broken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 window	amod
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 narced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	narc	participle	He					on us; about the broken window	tree rules

Example 4

Nobody likes a narc, but telling an adult about danger is the right thing to do.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 narc	det
4	narc	narc	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thing	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 thing	cc
7	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 thing	csubj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 danger	case
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 thing	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thing	det
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thing	amod
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	17 do	mark
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 thing	acl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	like	present	Nobody	a narc			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot narc=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund			a adult	about danger	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about danger=Topic
3	is a	present	telling	the right thing			tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive	Nobody not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

She called her ex a narc because he only cared about himself.

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ex	nmod:poss
4	ex	ex	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 narc	det
6	narc	narc	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 cared	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cared	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 cared	advmod
10	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 cared	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	She	her ex					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ex=Recipient
2	care	past	he					about himself = he	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about himself=Stimulus

Example 6

The older boys thought the new kid was a narc.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boys	amod
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 narc	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 narc	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 narc	det
10	narc	narc	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the older boys						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the new kid	a narc					tree rules

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