pantomime

Who acts: audience, meeting, We, Christmas, Dame, pantomime · What happens: base, dress, shout back, tell, be, go · To what, where: fairy tale, man, funny family play, story, pantomime, Christmas · Speech: someone speaks here

«pantomime» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: pantomime in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, Ireland, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.

A funny family play, usually at Christmas, based on a fairy tale, with songs, jokes, a man dressed as a woman (the Dame), and the audience shouting back.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 play	det
2	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 play	amod
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	compound
4	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Christmas	punct
6	usually	usually	ADV	_	8 Christmas	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Christmas	case
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 play	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 based	punct
10	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 songs	case
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 tale	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tale	det
13	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tale	compound
14	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 based	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 songs	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 songs	case
17	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Christmas	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 jokes	punct
19	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 songs	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 man	punct
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 man	det
22	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 songs	conj
23	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 man	acl
24	as	as	ADP	_	26 woman	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 woman	det
26	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 dressed	obl
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	29 Dame	punct
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Dame	det
29	Dame	Dame	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 woman	appos
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 Dame	punct
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 shouting	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 shouting	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 audience	det
34	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 shouting	nsubj
35	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 play	acl
36	back	back	ADV	_	35 shouting	advmod
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 play	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	base	participle			a fairy tale		vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on tale=Source
2	dress	participle		a man not said here		as a woman	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout back speech: express	gerund	the audience	a funny family play at Christmas base songs and jokes and a man not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Topic

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

Telling a story with movements and faces but no words; mime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 movements	case
5	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 faces	cc
7	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 movements	conj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 words	cc
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 words	det
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 movements	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 mime	punct
12	mime	mime	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Telling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		a story				with movements and faces but no words; mime obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A silly, over-the-top situation: «The meeting was a pantomime.».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 situation	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 situation	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 silly	punct
4	over-the-top	over-the-top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 situation	amod
5	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 situation	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 pantomime	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 meeting	det
9	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pantomime	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pantomime	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pantomime	det
12	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 situation	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 pantomime	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 pantomime	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 situation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	the meeting	a pantomime					tree rules

Example 1

We went to the pantomime at Christmas and shouted «He's behind you!»

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 pantomime	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pantomime	det
5	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Christmas	case
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouted	cc
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 you	punct
11	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 you	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 you	cop
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 shouted	advcl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	We	Christmas	to the pantomime	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to pantomime=Initial_Location
2	shout speech: express	past	We not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Christmas		behind you	tree rules

Example 2

The Dame in the panto wore a huge pink wig.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dame	det
2	Dame	Dame	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wore	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 panto	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 panto	det
5	panto	panto	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Dame	nmod
6	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wig	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wig	amod
9	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wig	amod
10	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wore	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the Dame in the panto	a huge pink wig					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wig=Theme

Example 3

This year's pantomime is Cinderella.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 year	det
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pantomime	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 year	case
4	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Cinderella	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Cinderella	cop
6	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Cinderella	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this year's pantomime	Cinderella					tree rules
2	pantomime		this year						nom pantomime «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

In drama we did a pantomime of making a sandwich, without speaking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 drama	case
2	drama	drama	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pantomime	det
6	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 making	mark
8	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 pantomime	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sandwich	det
10	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 speaking	punct
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 speaking	mark
13	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	we	a pantomime	drama	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pantomime=Eventuality
2	make	gerund	a pantomime not said here	a sandwich		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sandwich=Product
3	speak speech: other	gerund	we not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

«Oh no it isn't!» «Oh yes it is!» shouted the audience.

Sentence 1: «Oh no it isn't!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 is	discourse
3	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	2 Oh	discourse
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 is	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be in a quote	present	it						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: «Oh yes it is!» shouted the audience.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 is	discourse
3	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	2 Oh	discourse
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shouted	ccomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 is	punct
8	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 audience	det
10	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	it						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	the audience						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 6

Dad called the traffic jam a complete pantomime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 traffic	det
4	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jam	nsubj
5	jam	jam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 called	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pantomime	det
7	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pantomime	amod
8	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jam	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	Dad						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	jam	present	the traffic	a complete pantomime					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme pantomime=Destination

Example 7

My school puts on a panto every December.

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 school	nmod:poss
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puts	nsubj
3	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 panto	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 panto	det
6	panto	panto	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puts	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 December	det
8	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 puts	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 puts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present	My school			a panto	december		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on panto=Destination

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