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slapstick

Who acts: pantomime, clown, little brother, Slapstick comedy, film, you · What happens: hurt, be, slip, laugh, not need, have · To what, where: nobody, classic slapstick, banana skin, slapstick cartoons, words, lots

«slapstick» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: slapstick in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A kind of comedy with funny falls, crashes, chases, custard pies and silly fights where nobody is really hurt.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 comedy	case
4	comedy	comedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 falls	case
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 falls	amod
7	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kind	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crashes	punct
9	crashes	crash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 falls	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chases	punct
11	chases	chase	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 falls	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pies	punct
13	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pies	compound
14	pies	pie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 falls	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fights	cc
16	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fights	amod
17	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pies	conj
18	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 hurt	advmod
19	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	22 hurt	nsubj:pass
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 hurt	aux:pass
21	really	really	ADV	_	22 hurt	advmod
22	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pies	acl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		nobody					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

As an adjective: slapstick humour, a slapstick film.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 adjective	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adjective	det
3	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 humour	obl
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 humour	punct
5	slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 humour	amod
6	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 film	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 film	det
9	slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 film	amod
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 humour	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 humour	punct

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

Example 1

The pantomime was full of slapstick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pantomime	det
2	pantomime	pantomime	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 slapstick	case
6	slapstick	slapstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

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

Example 2

The clown slipped on a banana skin — classic slapstick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clown	det
2	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	nsubj
3	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 skin	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 skin	det
6	banana	banana	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skin	compound
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	obl
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 slapstick	punct
9	classic	classic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slapstick	amod
10	slapstick	slapstick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slipped	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the clown	classic slapstick		a banana skin			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 3

My little brother laughs at slapstick cartoons.

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughs	nsubj
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cartoons	case
6	slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cartoons	amod
7	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laughs	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	My little brother			slapstick cartoons			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Slapstick comedy doesn't need words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 comedy	amod
2	comedy	comedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Slapstick comedy	words					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme

Example 5

The film had lots of slapstick chases.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chases	case
6	slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chases	amod
7	chases	chase	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the film	lots of slapstick chases					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Example 6

Don't copy slapstick stunts at home; real falls hurt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 copy	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 copy	advmod
3	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slapstick	slapstick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stunts	amod
5	stunts	stunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copy	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hurt	punct
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 falls	amod
10	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	nsubj
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 copy	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 copy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	imperative · do-support	you not said here	slapstick stunts		home			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stunt=Theme at home=Destination
2	hurt	present	real falls						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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