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prattle

Who acts: Prattle, you, Ogre, children, little boy · What happens: prattle, be, hold, say, fill · To what, where: light, such chatter, prattling, room · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To prattle is to chatter on in a light, childish way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prattle	mark
2	prattle	prattle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chatter	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chatter	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 chatter	mark
5	chatter	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 chatter	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 light	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chatter	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
11	childish	childish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 light	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chatter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prattle speech: other	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present				a light and childish way		chatter property	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

Prattle is such chatter, especially of young children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prattle	prattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chatter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chatter	cop
3	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chatter	amod
4	chatter	chatter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 children	punct
6	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 children	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chatter	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 chatter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Prattle	such chatter and young children					tree rules

Example 1

Hold your prattling, said the Ogre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 prattling	nmod:poss
3	prattling	prattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	parataxis
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Ogre	det
7	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	your prattling					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prattling=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Ogre						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The children's prattle filled the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prattle	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 children	case
4	prattle	prattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	nsubj
5	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filled	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	the children's prattle	the room					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient
2	prattle		the children						nom prattle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The little boy prattled about his dog all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prattled	nsubj
4	prattled	prattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dog	nmod:poss
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prattled	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prattled	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prattled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prattle speech: other	past	the little boy				day	about boy's dog	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dog=Topic

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