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slap

Who acts: She, you, He, They, Dad, fish · What happens: hit, put down, slap, not slap, laugh, run · To what, where: someone, something, book, anyone, knee, mosquito

«slap» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: slap in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To hit someone or something with an open hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hit	mark
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hit	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 something	cc
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 hand	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hand	det
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	to-infinitive		someone				with a open hand	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent someone=Patient with hand=Instrument

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 hit with an open hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hit	det
2	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 hand	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hand	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hand	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

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

Meaning 3

To put something down quickly and noisily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 put	mark
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 put	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 put	compound:prt
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 put	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 noisily	cc
7	noisily	noisily	ADV	_	5 quickly	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down	to-infinitive		something				quickly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent something=Goal

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"She slapped the book on the desk."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 slapped	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slapped	nsubj
3	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 desk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desk	det
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 book	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slapped	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap in a quote	past	She	the book				on the desk	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent book=Instrument on desk=Patient

Meaning 4

Informal: exactly, directly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 directly	punct
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 directly	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 exactly	punct
5	directly	directly	ADV	_	1 Informal	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Informal	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"slap in the middle".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 slap	punct
2	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 middle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 middle	det
5	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slap	nmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 slap	punct
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slap	punct

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

Example 1

Never slap anyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 slap	advmod
2	slap	slap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 slap	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slap	imperative	you not said here	anyone					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent anyone=Instrument

Example 2

He slapped his knee and laughed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slapped	nsubj
2	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knee	nmod:poss
4	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slapped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laughed	cc
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slapped	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	past	He	his knee					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Patient
2	laugh	past	He not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She slapped the mosquito on her arm.

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 slapped	nsubj
2	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mosquito	det
4	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slapped	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 arm	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arm	nmod:poss
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slapped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	past	She	the mosquito				on mosquito's arm	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent mosquito=Instrument on arm=Patient

Example 4

They slapped on some sun cream and ran outside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slapped	nsubj
2	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 cream	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 cream	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cream	compound
6	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slapped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ran	cc
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slapped	conj
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	8 ran	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	past	They			some sun cream			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
2	run	past	They not said here					outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Dad gave him a friendly slap on the back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slap	det
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slap	amod
6	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 back	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 back	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slap	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Dad	a friendly slap	him = he	the back			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient slap=Theme on back=Asset

Example 6

The fish slapped its tail on the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	nsubj
3	slapped	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slapped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	past	the fish	fish's tail				on the water	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tail=Instrument on water=Patient

Example 7

In his eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart slap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 eagerness	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eagerness	nmod:poss
3	eagerness	eagerness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 kill	mark
5	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 eagerness	acl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kill	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 eagerness	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hit	nsubj
9	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 hit	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 slap	det
12	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 slap	amod
13	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	to-infinitive	he not said here	eagerness					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hit	past	he	himself = he		his eagerness			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient slap=Result

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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