saucy

Who acts: saucy boy, proud saucy slut, he · What happens: not show, dare, laugh, answer back, be · To what, where: proper respect, playful way

«saucy» 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: saucy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bold	cc
3	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cheeky	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 showing	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 showing	advmod
6	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Cheeky	conj
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 respect	amod
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showing	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Cheeky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show	gerund		proper respect					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Slightly rude or daring in a playful way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slightly	slightly	ADV	_	2 rude	advmod
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 daring	cc
4	daring	dare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rude	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	playful	playful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daring	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dare	gerund				a playful way			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The saucy boy laughed at the old woman.

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	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the saucy boy					at the old woman	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The proud, saucy slut answered back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 slut	det
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slut	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 proud	punct
4	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 slut	amod
5	slut	slut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answered	nsubj
6	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 answered	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer back speech: assert	past	the proud saucy slut						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

At that time he was saucy and full of ideas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 time	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saucy	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saucy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 saucy	cop
6	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 full	cc
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 saucy	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 ideas	case
10	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 full	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 saucy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				time	saucy property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here					of ideas	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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