scoff

Who acts: way, Everyone, brother, I, you, She · What happens: scoff, be, talk, mock, fly, get · To what, where: someone, it, mocking way, food, Scoff food, idea · Speech: someone speaks here

«scoff» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: scoff in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To scoff at someone or something is to laugh at it or talk about it in a mocking way, as if it were silly.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scoff	mark
2	scoff	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 laugh	advcl
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 scoff	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 something	cc
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 someone	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 laugh	cop
8	to	to	PART	_	9 laugh	mark
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 laugh	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 talk	cc
13	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 laugh	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 talk	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 way	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 way	det
18	mocking	mock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 talk	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 silly	punct
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 silly	mark
22	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 silly	mark
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 silly	nsubj
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 silly	cop
25	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 talk	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 laugh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	scoff	to-infinitive		someone		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		it	laugh property	tree rules
3	talk	infinitive		a mocking way	about it	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
4	mock	gerund				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is a condition, not said to happen	past	way		silly 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

Usage: UK, Australia, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To scoff food is to eat it very quickly and greedily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scoff	mark
2	scoff	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 eat	advcl
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scoff	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 eat	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eat	obj
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 quickly	advmod
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 eat	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 greedily	cc
11	greedily	greedily	ADV	_	9 quickly	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	to-infinitive		food					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	is	present						eat, quickly property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: UK slang — kept apart, not parsed.

Scoff is food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scoff	scoff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 food	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 food	cop
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 food	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Scoff food					tree rules

Example 1

Everyone scoffed at his idea of a flying bike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 scoffed	nsubj
2	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 idea	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 idea	nmod:poss
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scoffed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 bike	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bike	det
8	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 bike	amod
9	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scoffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	Everyone			his idea of a flying bike			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

My brother scoffed all the chips before I got any. (UK, informal)

Sentence 1: My brother scoffed all the chips before I got any.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scoffed	nsubj
3	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 chips	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chips	det
6	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scoffed	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 got	mark
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scoffed	advcl
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 got	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scoffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	My brother	all chips					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Theme
2	get	past	I	any					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer any=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (UK, informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 informal	punct
4	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 UK	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct

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

Example 3

Don't scoff your dinner — eat slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 scoff	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 scoff	advmod
3	scoff	scoff	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dinner	nmod:poss
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scoff	obj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 eat	punct
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 scoff	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 eat	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scoff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not scoff	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your dinner					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme
2	eat	infinitive	you not said here					slowly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

She scoffed when I said I'd seen a ghost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scoffed	nsubj
2	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 said	advmod
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scoffed	advcl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ghost	det
10	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scoffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	scoff	past	She		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	I		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past · perfect	I	a ghost	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus

Example 5

The dog scoffed the sausages off the plate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scoffed	nsubj
3	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sausages	det
5	sausages	sausage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scoffed	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 plate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plate	det
8	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scoffed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scoffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	the dog	the sausages				off the plate	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sausage=Theme

Example 6

People scoffed, but the Wright brothers did fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scoffed	nsubj
2	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fly	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 fly	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
6	Wright	Wright	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 brothers	compound
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fly	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fly	aux
9	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 scoffed	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scoffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scoff	past	People						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly	past · do-support	the Wright brothers						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Let's get some scoff before the film. (UK slang)

Sentence 1: Let's get some scoff before the film.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 scoff	det
5	scoff	scoff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 film	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 film	det
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	get	infinitive	's not said here	some scoff			before the film		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scoff=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (UK slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 slang	punct
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 slang	compound
3	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 slang	punct

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

Example 8

Then the Prince stood on the beach, and in the pride of his strength he scoffed and said:

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 stood	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Prince	det
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 beach	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 scoffed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 scoffed	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 pride	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pride	det
12	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 scoffed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 strength	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 strength	nmod:poss
15	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pride	nmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 scoffed	nsubj
17	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stood	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 said	cc
19	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 scoffed	conj
20	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the Prince		the beach	then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on beach=Location
2	scoff	past	Prince				in the pride of Prince's strength	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pride=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	Prince not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	pride			Prince's strength				nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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