nip

Who acts: puppy, I, crab, nip, you, teacher · What happens: give, nip, go, amount, get, be · To what, where: small quick bite, finger, shop, strong drink, toe, air

«nip» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: nip in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To give a small, quick bite or pinch: «The puppy nipped my finger».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bite	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bite	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bite	amod
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 pinch	cc
9	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 nipped	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 nipped	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 puppy	det
13	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nipped	nsubj
14	nipped	nip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 give	advcl
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 finger	nmod:poss
16	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nipped	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 nipped	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		a small quick bite or pinch					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Theme
2	nip in a quote	past	the puppy	my finger					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location finger=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: UK, Ireland, Australia, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To go somewhere quickly for a short time: «I'll nip to the shop».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 go	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 somewhere	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 nip	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 nip	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 nip	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 nip	aux
13	nip	nip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 shop	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shop	det
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nip	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 nip	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive					time	somewhere property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	nip in a quote	future	I			the shop			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shop=Destination

Meaning 3

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A small bite or pinch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Meaning 4

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A feeling of cold: «a nip in the air».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feeling	det
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cold	case
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feeling	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 nip	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 nip	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nip	det
8	nip	nip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeling	appos
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 air	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 air	det
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nip	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 nip	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feeling	punct

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

Meaning 5

A small amount of a strong drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 amount	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amount	amod
3	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 drink	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 drink	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drink	amod
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amount	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount			a strong drink					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The crab nipped my toe!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crab	det
2	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nipped	nsubj
3	nipped	nip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 toe	nmod:poss
5	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nipped	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 nipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	past	the crab	my toe					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location toe=Theme

Example 2

Our puppy nips when he gets excited.

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 puppy	nmod:poss
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nips	nsubj
3	nips	nip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 gets	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 nips	advcl
7	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gets	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nips	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	present	Our puppy						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	puppy					excited property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

I'll just nip to the shop for some milk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 nip	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 nip	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 nip	advmod
4	nip	nip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nip	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 milk	case
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 milk	det
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nip	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	future	I			the shop		for some milk	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shop=Destination

Example 4

There's a nip in the air this morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nip	det
4	nip	nip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	obl
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a nip			the air; there	morning		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location

Example 5

Can you nip upstairs and get my glasses?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 nip	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 nip	nsubj
3	nip	nip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	3 nip	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 nip	conj
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 glasses	nmod:poss
8	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 nip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	can	you					upstairs property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	you not said here	my glasses					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus

Example 6

The teacher nipped the argument in the bud.

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 nipped	nsubj
3	nipped	nip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 argument	det
5	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nipped	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bud	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bud	det
8	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nipped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	past	the teacher	the argument		the bud			tree rules

Example 7

The race was nip and tuck right to the end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 race	det
2	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nip	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 nip	cop
4	nip	nip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tuck	cc
6	tuck	tuck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nip	conj
7	right	right	ADV	_	10 end	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nip	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the race	nip and tuck			to the end		tree rules

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