pussycat

Who acts: gentle kind person, person, Owl, you, I, pussycat · What happens: seem, be, like, look, go, have · To what, where: pussycat, beautiful pea green boat, Queen, radiator, total pussycat · Speech: someone speaks here

«pussycat» 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: pussycat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, children's — kept apart, not parsed.

A cat, especially a friendly pet cat: «Here, pussycat!».

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	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cat	punct
4	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 cat	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cat	det
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cat	amod
7	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	compound
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 pussycat	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 Here	punct
11	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 pussycat	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pussycat	punct
13	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	appos
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 pussycat	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 pussycat	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cat	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A gentle, kind person who seems tough but is soft and easy to like: «He looks scary but he's a pussycat really.».

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gentle	punct
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 seems	nsubj
7	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seems	xcomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 soft	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 soft	cop
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seems	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 easy	cc
13	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 soft	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 like	mark
15	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 easy	xcomp
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 looks	punct
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 looks	punct
18	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 looks	nsubj
19	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 seems	conj
20	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 looks	xcomp
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 pussycat	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 pussycat	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 pussycat	cop
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 pussycat	det
25	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 looks	conj
26	really	really	ADV	_	19 looks	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seem	present	a gentle kind person		tough property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	a gentle kind person not said here		soft property	tree rules
3	be		a gentle kind person not said here			tree rules
4	like	to-infinitive	a gentle kind person not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	look in a quote	present	person		scary property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
6	is a in a quote	present	person	a pussycat		tree rules

Example 1

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Owl	det
2	Owl	Owl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Pussycat	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Pussycat	det
5	Pussycat	Pussycat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Owl	conj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 sea	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	15 boat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boat	det
11	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 boat	amod
12	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 boat	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 pea	punct
14	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 boat	amod
15	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the Owl and the Pussycat			a beautiful pea green boat		to sea	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial_Location

Example 2

«Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?» «I've been to London to visit the Queen.»

Sentence 1: «Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Pussycat	punct
2	Pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pussycat	punct
4	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pussycat	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 have	advmod
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 ?	cop
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	you	Pussycat and pussycat					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: «I've been to London to visit the Queen.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 London	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 London	nsubj
3	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 London	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 London	cop
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 visit	mark
8	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 London	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 visit	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 London	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 London	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present · perfect	I					to London	tree rules
2	visit in a quote	to-infinitive		the Queen					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Co-Agent

Example 3

Our pussycat sleeps on the radiator.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pussycat	nmod:poss
2	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	nsubj
3	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 radiator	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 radiator	det
6	radiator	radiator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeps	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sleeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Our pussycat			the radiator			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The big rugby player is a total pussycat with his little sister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 player	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 player	amod
3	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 player	compound
4	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pussycat	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pussycat	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pussycat	det
7	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pussycat	amod
8	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 sister	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sister	nmod:poss
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sister	amod
12	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pussycat	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pussycat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the big rugby player	a total pussycat				with his little sister	tree rules

Example 5

The baby pointed and said «pussycat!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointed	nsubj
3	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pointed	conj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 pussycat	punct
7	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 pussycat	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 pussycat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	past	the baby						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the baby not said here	pussycat					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pussycat=Topic

Example 6

The guard dog turned out to be a pussycat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	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	_	9 pussycat	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 pussycat	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pussycat	det
9	pussycat	pussycat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

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

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