obscenity Who acts: War, angry driver, referee, newspaper, people, wasting · What happens: be, shout, not allow, send off, use, say · To what, where: obscenity, obscenities, window, school playground, player, food · Speech: someone speaks here
«obscenity» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: obscenity in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A very rude or offensive word, especially a swear word.
det advmod amod cc conj punct advmod det compound conj punct root A DET very ADV rude ADJ or CCONJ offensive ADJ word NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV a DET swear NOUN word NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 2 very very ADV _ 3 rude advmod 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 offensive cc 5 offensive offensive ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rude conj 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 word punct 8 especially especially ADV _ 11 word advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 word det 10 swear swear NOUN Number=Sing 11 word compound 11 word word NOUN Number=Sing 6 word conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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Meaning 2 Something shockingly offensive or rude.
advmod amod cc conj punct root Something PRON shockingly ADV offensive ADJ or CCONJ rude ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 shockingly shockingly ADV _ 3 offensive advmod 3 offensive offensive ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Something amod 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 rude cc 5 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 3 offensive conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
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Meaning 3 Something morally shocking or wrong, as in "War is an obscenity" or "the obscenity of hunger in a rich world".
The tree, 20 words advmod amod cc conj punct mark case punct nsubj cop det appos punct cc punct det conj case nmod case det amod nmod punct punct root Something PRON morally ADV shocking ADJ or CCONJ wrong ADJ , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP " PUNCT War NOUN is AUX an DET obscenity NOUN " PUNCT or CCONJ " PUNCT the DET obscenity NOUN of ADP hunger NOUN in ADP a DET rich ADJ world NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 morally morally ADV _ 3 shocking advmod 3 shocking shocking ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Something amod 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 wrong cc 5 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 shocking conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 13 obscenity punct 7 as as SCONJ _ 13 obscenity mark 8 in in ADP _ 13 obscenity case 9 " " PUNCT _ 13 obscenity punct 10 War war NOUN Number=Sing 13 obscenity nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 obscenity cop 12 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 obscenity det 13 obscenity obscenity NOUN Number=Sing 1 Something appos 14 " " PUNCT _ 13 obscenity punct 15 or or CCONJ _ 18 obscenity cc 16 " " PUNCT _ 18 obscenity punct 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 obscenity det 18 obscenity obscenity NOUN Number=Sing 1 Something conj 19 of of ADP _ 20 hunger case 20 hunger hunger NOUN Number=Sing 18 obscenity nmod 21 in in ADP _ 24 world case 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 world det 23 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 24 world amod 24 world world NOUN Number=Sing 18 obscenity nmod 25 " " PUNCT _ 18 obscenity punct 26 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
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1 is in a quote present War a obscenity tree rules
Example 1 The angry driver shouted obscenities out of the window.
det amod nsubj obj case case det obl punct root The DET angry ADJ driver NOUN shouted VERB obscenities NOUN out ADP of ADP the DET window NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 driver det 2 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 driver amod 3 driver driver NOUN Number=Sing 4 shouted nsubj 4 shouted shout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 obscenities obscenity NOUN Number=Plur 4 shouted obj 6 out out ADP _ 9 window case 7 of of ADP _ 9 window case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 window det 9 window window NOUN Number=Sing 4 shouted obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 shouted punct
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1 shout speech: express past the angry driver obscenities the window vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obscenity=Topic
Example 2 Obscenities are not allowed in the school playground.
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case det compound obl punct root Obscenities NOUN are AUX not PART allowed VERB in ADP the DET school NOUN playground NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Obscenities obscenity NOUN Number=Plur 4 allowed nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allowed aux:pass 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 allowed advmod 4 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 playground case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 playground det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 playground compound 8 playground playground NOUN Number=Sing 4 allowed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 allowed punct
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1 not allow present · passive Obscenities the school playground vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
Example 3 The referee sent off the player for using an obscenity.
det acl case det obl mark advcl det obj punct root The DET referee NOUN sent VERB off ADP the DET player NOUN for SCONJ using VERB an DET obscenity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 referee det 2 referee referee NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 sent send VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 referee acl 4 off off ADP _ 6 player case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 player det 6 player player NOUN Number=Sing 3 sent obl 7 for for SCONJ _ 8 using mark 8 using use VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 sent advcl 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 obscenity det 10 obscenity obscenity NOUN Number=Sing 8 using obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 referee punct
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1 send off participle the referee not said here the player vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme 2 use gerund the referee not said here a obscenity vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obscenity=Patient
Example 4 The newspaper said wasting food while people starve is an obscenity.
det nsubj csubj obj mark nsubj advcl cop det ccomp punct root The DET newspaper NOUN said VERB wasting VERB food NOUN while SCONJ people NOUN starve VERB is AUX an DET obscenity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newspaper det 2 newspaper newspaper NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 wasting waste VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 obscenity csubj 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 wasting obj 6 while while SCONJ _ 8 starve mark 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 starve nsubj 8 starve starve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wasting advcl 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 obscenity cop 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 obscenity det 11 obscenity obscenity NOUN Number=Sing 3 said ccomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the newspaper vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 waste gerund food vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient 3 starve present people tree rules 4 is a present wasting a obscenity tree rules
Example 5 The graffiti was full of obscenities, so the council cleaned it off.
det nsubj cop case obl punct advmod det nsubj conj obj compound:prt punct root The DET graffiti NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP obscenities NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET council NOUN cleaned VERB it PRON off ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 graffiti det 2 graffiti graffiti NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 obscenities case 6 obscenities obscenity NOUN Number=Plur 4 full obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 cleaned punct 8 so so ADV _ 11 cleaned advmod 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 council det 10 council council NOUN Number=Sing 11 cleaned nsubj 11 cleaned clean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 full conj 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 cleaned obj 13 off off ADP _ 11 cleaned compound:prt 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is past the graffiti of obscenities; full property tree rules 2 clean off past the council graffiti vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 6 Some people think huge bonuses are an obscenity.
det nsubj amod nsubj cop det ccomp punct root Some DET people NOUN think VERB huge ADJ bonuses NOUN are AUX an DET obscenity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 think nsubj 3 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bonuses amod 5 bonuses bonus NOUN Number=Plur 8 obscenity nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 obscenity cop 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 obscenity det 8 obscenity obscenity NOUN Number=Sing 3 think ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 think punct
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1 think speech: other present some people vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present huge bonuses a obscenity tree rules
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