satire Who acts: Satire, way, that, people, cartoon, Animal Farm · What happens: be, draw, perform, use, show, do · To what, where: way, humour, story, this, satire, funny satire · Speech: someone speaks here
«satire» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: satire in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Satire is a way of writing, drawing or performing that uses humour, exaggeration or mockery to show that people, especially powerful people, are silly or wrong.
The tree, 26 words nsubj cop det case nmod punct acl cc conj nsubj parataxis obj punct conj cc conj mark advcl mark nsubj punct advmod amod conj punct cop ccomp cc conj punct root Satire NOUN is AUX a DET way NOUN of ADP writing NOUN , PUNCT drawing VERB or CCONJ performing VERB that PRON uses VERB humour NOUN , PUNCT exaggeration NOUN or CCONJ mockery NOUN to PART show VERB that SCONJ people NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV powerful ADJ people NOUN , PUNCT are AUX silly ADJ or CCONJ wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Satire satire NOUN Number=Sing 4 way nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 way cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 way det 4 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 writing case 6 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 4 way nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 drawing punct 8 drawing draw VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 way acl 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 performing cc 10 performing perform VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 drawing conj 11 that that PRON PronType=Rel 12 uses nsubj 12 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 way parataxis 13 humour humour NOUN Number=Sing 12 uses obj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 exaggeration punct 15 exaggeration exaggeration NOUN Number=Sing 13 humour conj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 mockery cc 17 mockery mockery NOUN Number=Sing 13 humour conj 18 to to PART _ 19 show mark 19 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 uses advcl 20 that that SCONJ _ 28 silly mark 21 people people NOUN Number=Plur 28 silly nsubj 22 , , PUNCT _ 25 people punct 23 especially especially ADV _ 25 people advmod 24 powerful powerful ADJ Degree=Pos 25 people amod 25 people people NOUN Number=Plur 21 people conj 26 , , PUNCT _ 21 people punct 27 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 28 silly cop 28 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 19 show ccomp 29 or or CCONJ _ 30 wrong cc 30 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 28 silly conj 31 . . PUNCT _ 4 way punct
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1 is a present Satire a way of writing tree rules 2 draw gerund a way not said here vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 perform gerund a way not said here vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 use present that humour and exaggeration or mockery vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humour=Patient 5 show to-infinitive that not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 6 is present people and powerful people silly property tree rules 7 be people and powerful people not said here 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 satire is a story, play or cartoon that does this.
det nsubj cop det punct conj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root A DET satire NOUN is AUX a DET story NOUN , PUNCT play NOUN or CCONJ cartoon NOUN that PRON does VERB this PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 satire det 2 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing 5 story nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 story cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 play punct 7 play play NOUN Number=Sing 5 story conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 cartoon cc 9 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 5 story conj 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 does nsubj 11 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 cartoon acl:relcl 12 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 does obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 story punct
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1 is a present a satire a story and play or cartoon tree rules 2 do present cartoon this vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
Example 1 The cartoon is a satire of the government.
det nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root The DET cartoon NOUN is AUX a DET satire NOUN of ADP the DET government NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cartoon det 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 5 satire nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 satire cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 satire det 5 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 government case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 government det 8 government government NOUN Number=Sing 5 satire nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 satire punct
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1 is a present the cartoon a satire of the government tree rules
Example 2 Animal Farm is a satire about power.
compound nsubj cop det case nmod punct root Animal NOUN Farm NOUN is AUX a DET satire NOUN about ADP power NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 2 Farm compound 2 Farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 5 satire nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 satire cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 satire det 5 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 about about ADP _ 7 power case 7 power power NOUN Number=Sing 5 satire nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 satire punct
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1 is a present Animal Farm a satire about power tree rules
Example 3 Some news websites are satire, so the stories are not real.
det compound nsubj cop punct advmod det nsubj cop advmod conj punct root Some DET news NOUN websites NOUN are AUX satire NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET stories NOUN are AUX not PART real ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 websites det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 3 websites compound 3 websites website NOUN Number=Plur 5 satire nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 satire cop 5 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 real punct 7 so so ADV _ 12 real advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 stories det 9 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 12 real nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 real cop 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 real advmod 12 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 satire conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 satire punct
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1 is a present some news websites satire tree rules 2 not is present the stories real property tree rules
Example 4 Satire uses humour to show something is wrong.
nsubj obj mark advcl nsubj cop ccomp punct root Satire NOUN uses VERB humour NOUN to PART show VERB something PRON is AUX wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Satire satire NOUN Number=Sing 2 uses nsubj 2 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 humour humour NOUN Number=Sing 2 uses obj 4 to to PART _ 5 show mark 5 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 uses advcl 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 wrong nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 wrong cop 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 show ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 uses punct
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1 use present Satire humour vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humour=Patient 2 show to-infinitive Satire not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present something wrong property tree rules
Example 5 The play was a funny satire of school life.
det nsubj cop det amod case compound nmod punct root The DET play NOUN was AUX a DET funny ADJ satire NOUN of ADP school NOUN life NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 play det 2 play play NOUN Number=Sing 6 satire nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 satire cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 satire det 5 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 satire amod 6 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 life case 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 9 life compound 9 life life NOUN Number=Sing 6 satire nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 satire punct
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1 is a past the play a funny satire of school life tree rules
Example 6 Check if a story is satire before you share it.
mark det nsubj cop ccomp mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Check VERB if SCONJ a DET story NOUN is AUX satire NOUN before SCONJ you PRON share VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 if if SCONJ _ 6 satire mark 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 story det 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 satire nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 satire cop 6 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check ccomp 7 before before SCONJ _ 9 share mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 share nsubj 9 share share VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Check advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 share obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Check punct
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1 check imperative you not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a a condition, not said to happen present a story satire tree rules 3 share present you story tree rules
Example 7 The defendant replied with satire as keen, while the audience laughed, and gave their verdict.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj acl case obl case obl punct mark det nsubj punct cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root The DET defendant NOUN replied VERB with ADP satire NOUN as ADP keen ADJ , PUNCT while SCONJ the DET audience NOUN laughed VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ gave VERB their PRON verdict NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 defendant det 2 defendant defendant NOUN Number=Sing 12 laughed nsubj 3 replied reply VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 defendant acl 4 with with ADP _ 5 satire case 5 satire satire NOUN Number=Sing 3 replied obl 6 as as ADP _ 7 keen case 7 keen keen ADJ Degree=Pos 3 replied obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 laughed punct 9 while while SCONJ _ 12 laughed mark 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 audience det 11 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 12 laughed nsubj 12 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 gave punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 gave cc 15 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 laughed conj 16 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 verdict nmod:poss 17 verdict verdict NOUN Number=Sing 15 gave obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 12 laughed punct
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1 reply speech: assert participle the defendant not said here with satire; as keen vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with satire=Eventuality 2 laugh past the defendant vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 give past the defendant not said here their verdict vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verdict=Theme
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