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silliness

Who acts: That, enough silliness, party, I, Alice, silliness · What happens: be, behave, sit down, laugh, drop, speak · To what, where: foolish way, enough silliness, silliness · Speech: someone speaks here

«silliness» 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: silliness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Being silly: behaving in a foolish, funny or not serious way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 silly	cop
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 behaving	punct
4	behaving	behave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 silly	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	13 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 way	det
7	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 funny	punct
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foolish	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 serious	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 serious	advmod
12	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foolish	conj
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 behaving	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 silly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						silly property	tree rules
2	behave	gerund				a foolish way			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

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 silly act or silly talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 act	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 act	amod
3	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 talk	cc
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talk	amod
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 act	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 act	punct

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

Example 1

That's enough silliness — please sit down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 silliness	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 silliness	cop
3	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silliness	amod
4	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 sit	punct
6	please	please	INTJ	_	7 sit	discourse
7	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 silliness	acl
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 silliness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	enough silliness					tree rules
2	sit down	infinitive	enough silliness not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The party was full of giggles and silliness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 giggles	case
6	giggles	giggle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 silliness	cc
8	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 giggles	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the party					of giggles and silliness; full property	tree rules

Example 3

I laughed at the silliness of the joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 silliness	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 silliness	det
5	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 joke	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silliness	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	I			the silliness of the joke			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Alice was tired of the silliness at the tea party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 silliness	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 silliness	det
6	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 party	det
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 party	compound
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silliness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Alice					of the silliness at the tea party; tired property	tree rules

Example 5

Their silliness on the climbing frame was dangerous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 silliness	nmod:poss
2	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dangerous	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 frame	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 frame	det
5	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 frame	compound
6	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silliness	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dangerous	cop
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Their silliness on the climbing frame					dangerous property	tree rules

Example 6

A bit of silliness after a hard test is fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bit	det
2	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fine	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silliness	case
4	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 test	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 test	det
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 test	amod
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a bit of silliness after a hard test					fine property	tree rules

Example 7

For that one moment he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 moment	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 moment	det
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 moment	nummod
4	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 silliness	nmod:poss
8	silliness	silliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spoke	cc
10	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dropped	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 dignity	case
12	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spoke	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	his silliness			moment		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silliness=Theme
2	speak speech: other	past	he not said here					with dignity	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with dignity=Co-Agent

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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