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snapper

Who acts: snapper, whip, red snapper, sea fish, whipper snapper, cheeky young person · What happens: be, make, flick, bite, talk, crack · To what, where: cracking end, sharp noise, sea fish, cheeky young person, whip, red snapper

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

Meaning 1

A snapper is the cracking end of a whip, which makes a sharp noise when flicked.

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 snapper	det
2	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 end	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
5	cracking	cracking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	compound
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 whip	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 whip	det
9	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 whip	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 noise	det
14	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 noise	amod
15	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	obj
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 flicked	mark
17	flicked	flick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 makes	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a snapper	the cracking end				of a whip	tree rules
2	make	present	a whip	a sharp noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product
3	flick	participle	a whip not said here						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 red snapper is a sea fish that bites hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 snapper	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snapper	amod
3	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fish	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fish	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fish	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fish	compound
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 bites	nsubj
9	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fish	acl:relcl
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 bites	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a red snapper	a sea fish					tree rules
2	bite	present	a sea fish					hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A whipper-snapper is a cheeky young person who talks too boldly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snapper	det
2	whipper	whipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapper	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 whipper	punct
4	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 person	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
7	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 talks	nsubj
11	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 boldly	advmod
13	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 talks	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a whipper snapper	a cheeky young person					tree rules
2	talk	present	a cheeky young person					boldly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He cracked the whip with its red snapper.

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 cracked	nsubj
2	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whip	det
4	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cracked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 snapper	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 snapper	nmod:poss
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snapper	amod
8	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cracked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cracked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	past	He	the whip				with whip's red snapper	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent whip=Patient with snapper=Instrument

Example 2

Dad bought a red snapper for dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 snapper	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 snapper	amod
5	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 dinner	case
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	Dad	a red snapper				for dinner	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snapper=Theme for dinner=Beneficiary

Example 3

Don't be such a cheeky whipper-snapper!

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	9 snapper	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 snapper	cop
4	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 snapper	det:predet
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snapper	det
6	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snapper	amod
7	whipper	whipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 snapper	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 whipper	punct
9	snapper	snapper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		such cheeky whipper snapper					tree rules

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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