slowcoach

Who acts: person, you, we, I, Grandad, slowcoach · What happens: walk, work, do, say, come on, miss · To what, where: things, teasing, bus, slowcoach, hill, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«slowcoach» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: slowcoach in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

A person who walks, works or does things too slowly; said in a teasing, friendly way.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 walks	nsubj
4	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 works	punct
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walks	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 does	cc
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walks	conj
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 does	obj
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 slowly	advmod
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 does	advmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 teasing	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 teasing	det
16	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 way	punct
18	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 way	amod
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 teasing	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	walk	present	a person				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	present	a person not said here				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	a person not said here	things		slowly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert	past	a person		a teasing and friendly way		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in teasing=Manner

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.

Example 1

Come on, slowcoach, we'll miss the bus!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADV	_	1 Come	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slowcoach	punct
4	slowcoach	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Come	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 miss	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 miss	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 miss	aux
8	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Come	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bus	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 miss	obj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	imperative	you not said here					slowcoach vocative	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	miss	future	we	the bus					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

Example 2

I'm always the slowcoach when we walk up the hill.

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	5 slowcoach	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slowcoach	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 slowcoach	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 slowcoach	det
5	slowcoach	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 walk	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 walk	nsubj
8	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slowcoach	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walk	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slowcoach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	I	the slowcoach				always property	tree rules
2	walk	present	we			the hill			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up hill=Trajectory

Example 3

Grandad called me a slowcoach because I took ages to tie my shoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slowcoach	det
5	slowcoach	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 took	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	advcl
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 took	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 tie	mark
11	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 took	advcl
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 shoes	nmod:poss
13	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tie	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	call	past	Grandad		me	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	take	past	I	ages		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme
3	tie	to-infinitive	I not said here	my shoes		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient

Example 4

Don't be a slowcoach — it's nearly time to go.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 slowcoach	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 slowcoach	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slowcoach	det
5	slowcoach	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 time	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 time	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 time	cop
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	10 time	advmod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl:unmarked
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 time	acl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a slowcoach		tree rules
3	is a	present	slowcoach	time	nearly property	tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The tortoise was a slowcoach, but it still won the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tortoise	det
2	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slowcoach	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slowcoach	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slowcoach	det
5	slowcoach	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 won	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 won	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 won	nsubj
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 won	advmod
10	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slowcoach	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 race	det
12	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 won	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slowcoach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the tortoise	a slowcoach					tree rules
2	win	past	tortoise	the race			still		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Example 6

«Hurry up, slowcoaches!» shouted the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct
2	Hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 shouted	ccomp
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Hurry	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slowcoaches	punct
5	slowcoaches	slowcoach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Hurry	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Hurry	punct
8	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouted	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry up in a quote	infinitive		slowcoaches					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	past	the teacher						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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