ragamuffin

Who acts: ragamuffin, you · What happens: be, run off, look, tear, ragamuffin, say · To what, where: dirty child, ragged out clothes, rude name, giant · Speech: someone speaks here

«ragamuffin» 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: ragamuffin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A ragamuffin is a dirty child in ragged, worn-out clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ragamuffin	det
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 child	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 child	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	13 clothes	case
8	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clothes	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ragged	punct
10	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 out	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 worn	punct
12	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 clothes	compound
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 child	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 child	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ragamuffin	a dirty child		ragged out clothes			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 ragamuffin can also be a rude name for a shabby, poor person.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ragamuffin	det
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 name	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	8 name	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 name	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 name	det
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 name	amod
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	14 person	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
11	shabby	shabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 person	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shabby	punct
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 person	amod
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a ragamuffin	a rude name				for a shabby poor person	tree rules

Example 1

The ragamuffin ran off with the apple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ragamuffin	det
2	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 apple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apple	det
7	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the ragamuffin					with the apple	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with apple=Material

Example 2

Look at that ragamuffin in torn clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 ragamuffin	case
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 ragamuffin	det
4	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 clothes	case
6	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 clothes	amod
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Look	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					in torn clothes; at that ragamuffin	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ragamuffin=Theme
2	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

«You ragamuffin!» said the giant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 ragamuffin	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 ragamuffin	nsubj
3	ragamuffin	ragamuffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 ragamuffin	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ragamuffin	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ragamuffin in a quote		You						tree rules
2	say speech: express	past	ragamuffin	the giant					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Topic

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