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sob

Who acts: sad story, people, little boy, boy, She, hamster · What happens: tell, make, feel, get, cry, sob · To what, where: sad story, people, something, balloon, heart, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

«sob» 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: sob in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

verb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 verb	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

To cry noisily, with short sharp breaths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cry	mark
2	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	noisily	noisily	ADV	_	2 cry	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 breaths	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 breaths	case
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breaths	amod
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 breaths	amod
8	breaths	breath	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cry	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	to-infinitive						with short sharp breaths; noisily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with breath=Theme

Meaning 2

noun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 noun	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

The sound of loud crying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 crying	case
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crying	amod
5	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct

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

Meaning 3

«sob story» (informal): a sad story told to make people feel sorry for you, maybe to get something.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
2	sob	sob	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 story	compound
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 informal	punct
6	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 story	parataxis
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 informal	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 story	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 story	amod
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 story	conj
12	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 story	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 told	xcomp
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 make	obj
16	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 make	xcomp
17	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 you	case
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 sorry	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 get	punct
21	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	23 get	advmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 get	mark
23	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 feel	parataxis
24	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	23 get	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle		a sad story not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	a sad story not said here	people					tree rules
3	feel not said to happen	infinitive	people not said here					sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	get	to-infinitive		something				maybe property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus

Meaning 4

SOB (rude, US slang): short for a swear insult; not for school.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	SOB	sob	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 rude	punct
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 SOB	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slang	punct
5	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 slang	compound
6	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 SOB	appos
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 slang	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 short	punct
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 SOB	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 insult	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 insult	det
12	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 insult	compound
13	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 short	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 school	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 school	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 school	case
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 SOB	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 SOB	punct

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

Example 1

The little boy sobbed when he lost his balloon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sobbed	nsubj
4	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sobbed	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 balloon	nmod:poss
9	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sobbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past	the little boy						tree rules
2	lose	past	boy	boy's balloon					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balloon=Eventuality

Example 2

She sobbed her heart out when her hamster died.

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 sobbed	nsubj
2	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heart	nmod:poss
4	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sobbed	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	2 sobbed	compound:prt
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 died	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hamster	nmod:poss
8	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sobbed	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sobbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob out	past	She	her heart					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme
2	die	past	her hamster						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 3

«I can't find my mum,» he said between sobs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 find	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 sobs	case
13	sobs	sob	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 said	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find in a quote	can	I	my mum					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	he					between sobs	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

We heard sobs from the next room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sobs	sob	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	sobs		the next room			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sob=Topic from room=Source

Example 5

He told the teacher a sob story about why his homework was late.

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	sob	sob	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 story	compound
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 late	mark
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 late	advmod
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 homework	nmod:poss
11	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 late	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 late	cop
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	acl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	a sob story	the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient story=Topic
2	is	past	teacher's homework					late property	tree rules

Example 6

The audience sobbed at the sad ending.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 audience	det
2	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	sobbed	sob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 audience	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 ending	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ending	det
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ending	amod
7	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sobbed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 audience	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	participle		the audience not said here		the sad ending			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

‘O Kay, my little Kay!’ sobbed Gerda.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	10 sobbed	punct
2	O	o	INTJ	_	3 Kay	discourse
3	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sobbed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Kay	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Kay	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Kay	amod
7	Kay	Kay	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Kay	appos
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 Kay	punct
9	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 Kay	punct
10	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sobbed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sobbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past	Kay	Gerda					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Theme

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