oddball

Who acts: person, uncle, he, She, film, oddballs · What happens: behave, be, have, paint, become, not call · To what, where: strange way, bit, great fun, oddball idea, shed purple, group · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way.

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 behaves	nsubj
4	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 unusual	cc
9	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strange	conj
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 behaves	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	present	a person			a strange way			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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, adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Strange or unusual: an oddball idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 unusual	cc
3	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Strange	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 idea	det
6	oddball	oddball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 idea	compound
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct

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

Example 1

My uncle is a bit of an oddball, but he is great fun.

The tree, 13 words

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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 oddball	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 oddball	det
8	oddball	oddball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fun	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 fun	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fun	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fun	cop
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fun	amod
14	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My uncle	a bit but great fun				of a oddball	tree rules
2	is a	present	he	great fun					tree rules

Example 2

She had an oddball idea to paint the shed purple.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	oddball	oddball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	compound
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 paint	mark
7	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 idea	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purple	det
9	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purple	compound
10	purple	purple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paint	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a oddball idea					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	paint	to-infinitive	She not said here	the shed purple					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent purple=Destination

Example 3

The film is about a group of oddballs who become friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 group	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 group	cop
4	about	about	ADV	_	6 group	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 group	det
6	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 oddballs	case
8	oddballs	oddball	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 group	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 become	nsubj
10	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 oddballs	acl:relcl
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 become	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the film	a group				of oddballs; about property	tree rules
2	become	present	oddballs	friends					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 4

Don't call him an oddball; everyone is different.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	obj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oddball	det
6	oddball	oddball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 different	punct
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 different	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 different	cop
10	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	present	everyone					different property	tree rules

Example 5

It's an oddball little shop full of old toys.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shop	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shop	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shop	det
4	oddball	oddball	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shop	amod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 toys	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 toys	amod
10	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a oddball little shop					tree rules

Example 6

The class oddball turned out to be brilliant at chess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oddball	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 oddball	compound
3	oddball	oddball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 turned	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	8 brilliant	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 brilliant	cop
8	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turned	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 chess	case
10	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brilliant	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	past	the class oddball						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	the class oddball not said here			chess		brilliant property	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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