popinjay

Who acts: popinjay, vain showy person, you, Queen · What happens: be, dress up, like, admire, set up, strut · To what, where: parrot, vain showy person, wooden bird, old shooting contests, vain popinjay, popinjay · Speech: someone speaks here

«popinjay» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: popinjay in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A popinjay is a parrot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 popinjay	det
2	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parrot	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 parrot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parrot	det
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 parrot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a popinjay	a parrot					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.

Meaning 2

A popinjay is a vain, showy person who dresses up and likes to be admired.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 popinjay	det
2	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
5	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 vain	punct
7	showy	showy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 dresses	nsubj
10	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 dresses	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 likes	cc
13	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dresses	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 admired	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 admired	aux:pass
16	admired	admire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 likes	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a popinjay	a vain showy person	tree rules
2	dress up	present	a vain showy person		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	like	present	a vain showy person not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	admire not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	a vain showy person not said here		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

Meaning 3

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A popinjay is a wooden bird set up as a target at old shooting contests.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 popinjay	det
2	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bird	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
5	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bird	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 set	compound:prt
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 target	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 target	det
11	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 contests	case
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 contests	amod
14	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 contests	compound
15	contests	contest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 set	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bird	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a popinjay	a wooden bird					tree rules
2	set up	participle		a wooden bird not said here		old shooting contests		as a target	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at contest=Destination

Example 1

The vain popinjay strutted about in his silk coat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 popinjay	det
2	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 popinjay	amod
3	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	strutted	strut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 popinjay	acl
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 coat	case
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 coat	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 coat	nmod:poss
8	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coat	compound
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strutted	obl:agent
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 popinjay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strut	participle		the vain popinjay not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

«Ah, you are pleased to jest, popinjay!» said the Queen.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	6 pleased	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ah	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pleased	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pleased	cop
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 said	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 jest	mark
8	jest	jest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pleased	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 popinjay	punct
10	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jest	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 pleased	punct
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Queen	det
15	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you		pleased property	tree rules
2	jest speech: other in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	popinjay		tree rules
3	say speech: express	past	the Queen			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The archers aimed at the wooden popinjay on the pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 archers	det
2	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	aimed	aim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 archers	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 popinjay	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 popinjay	det
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 popinjay	amod
7	popinjay	popinjay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 aimed	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 pole	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pole	det
10	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 popinjay	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 archers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aim	participle		the archers not said here		the wooden popinjay on the pole			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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