outcry
Who acts: outcry, bell, villagers, Her · What happens: be, ring, raise, wake, outcry · To what, where: loud shout, outcry, whole house
«outcry» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: outcry in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An outcry is a loud shout of protest, anger or alarm, often from many people together.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 outcry | det |
| 2 | outcry | outcry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shout | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shout | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shout | det |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shout | amod |
| 6 | shout | shout | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 protest | case |
| 8 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shout | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 anger | punct |
| 10 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shout | conj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 alarm | cc |
| 12 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 anger | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 people | punct |
| 14 | often | often | ADV | _ | 17 people | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 people | case |
| 16 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 people | amod |
| 17 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shout | parataxis |
| 18 | together | together | ADV | _ | 17 people | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a outcry | a loud shout and anger or alarm | of protest | tree rules |
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.
Example 1
There was an outcry when the bell rang.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 outcry | det |
| 4 | outcry | outcry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 rang | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bell | det |
| 7 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rang | nsubj |
| 8 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a outcry | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ring | past | the bell | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The villagers raised an outcry against the wicked giant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 villagers | det |
| 2 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 raised | nsubj |
| 3 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 outcry | det |
| 5 | outcry | outcry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raised | obj |
| 6 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 giant | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 giant | det |
| 8 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 giant | amod |
| 9 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raised | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 raised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | the villagers | a outcry | against the wicked giant | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent outcry=Theme against giant=Destination |
Example 3
Her outcry woke the whole house.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 outcry | nmod:poss |
| 2 | outcry | outcry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 woke | nsubj |
| 3 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 house | amod |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 woke | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 woke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | past | Her outcry | the whole house | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | ||||
| 2 | outcry | Her = she | nom outcry «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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