sour Who acts: Sour food, Milk, Lemons, Sour sweets, my, She · What happens: have, turn, go, temper, soar, mean · To what, where: sharp taste, sour person, milk, mouth tingle, sour look, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«sour» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: sour in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Sour food has a sharp taste, like a lemon or vinegar.
amod nsubj det amod obj punct discourse det appos cc conj punct root Sour ADJ food NOUN has VERB a DET sharp ADJ taste NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET lemon NOUN or CCONJ vinegar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 2 food amod 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 taste det 5 sharp sharp ADJ Degree=Pos 6 taste amod 6 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 lemon punct 8 like like ADP _ 10 lemon discourse 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 lemon det 10 lemon lemon NOUN Number=Sing 6 taste appos 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 vinegar cc 12 vinegar vinegar NOUN Number=Sing 10 lemon conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present Sour food a sharp taste vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=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 Milk turns sour when it goes bad.
nsubj xcomp mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root Milk NOUN turns VERB sour ADJ when SCONJ it PRON goes VERB bad ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 2 turns nsubj 2 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 2 turns xcomp 4 when when SCONJ _ 6 goes mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 goes nsubj 6 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 turns advcl 7 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 goes xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 turns punct
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1 turn present Milk sour property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 go present Milk bad property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 A sour person or mood is bad-tempered and unfriendly.
det amod nsubj:pass cc conj aux:pass compound punct cc conj punct root A DET sour ADJ person NOUN or CCONJ mood NOUN is AUX bad ADJ - PUNCT tempered VERB and CCONJ unfriendly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 person det 2 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 3 person amod 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 tempered nsubj:pass 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 mood cc 5 mood mood NOUN Number=Sing 3 person conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 tempered aux:pass 7 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tempered compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 bad punct 9 tempered temper VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 unfriendly cc 11 unfriendly unfriendly ADV _ 9 tempered conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 tempered punct
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1 temper present · passive a sour person or mood tree rules
Meaning 4 To sour means to become worse or less friendly.
mark csubj mark xcomp advmod cc advmod conj punct root To PART sour VERB means VERB to PART become VERB worse ADV or CCONJ less ADV friendly ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sour mark 2 sour soar VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 become mark 5 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 worse badly ADV Degree=Cmp 5 become advmod 7 or or CCONJ _ 9 friendly cc 8 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 9 friendly advmod 9 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 worse conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 soar to-infinitive vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 become not said to happen to-infinitive badly property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 1 Lemons taste very sour.
nsubj advmod xcomp punct root Lemons NOUN taste VERB very ADV sour ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lemons lemon NOUN Number=Plur 2 taste nsubj 2 taste taste VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 very very ADV _ 4 sour advmod 4 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 2 taste xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 taste punct
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1 taste present Lemons sour property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 2 The milk has gone sour, so don't drink it.
det nsubj aux xcomp punct advmod aux advmod advcl obj punct root The DET milk NOUN has AUX gone VERB sour ADJ , PUNCT so ADV do AUX n't PART drink VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 milk det 2 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 4 gone nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 gone aux 4 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 4 gone xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 drink punct 7 so so ADV _ 10 drink advmod 8 do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 10 drink aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 drink advmod 10 drink drink VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 gone advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 drink obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 gone punct
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1 go present · perfect the milk sour property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 not drink infinitive · do-support the milk not said here milk vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 3 Sour sweets make my mouth tingle.
amod nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct root Sour ADJ sweets NOUN make VERB my PRON mouth NOUN tingle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sweets amod 2 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 3 make nsubj 3 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 tingle nmod:poss 5 mouth mouth NOUN Number=Sing 6 tingle compound 6 tingle tingle NOUN Number=Sing 3 make obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 make punct
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1 make present Sour sweets my mouth tingle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tingle=Product 2 tingle my nom tingle «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 She gave me a sour look.
nsubj iobj det amod obj punct root She PRON gave VERB me PRON a DET sour ADJ look NOUN . PUNCT 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 gave nsubj 2 gave give 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 gave iobj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 look det 5 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 6 look amod 6 look look NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 gave punct
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1 give past She a sour look me vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient look=Theme
Example 5 The game turned sour when they started cheating.
det nsubj compound:prt advmod nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET game NOUN turned VERB sour ADP when ADV they PRON started VERB cheating VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 game det 2 game game NOUN Number=Sing 3 turned nsubj 3 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 sour sour ADP _ 3 turned compound:prt 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 started advmod 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 started nsubj 7 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 turned advcl 8 cheating cheat VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 started xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 turned punct
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1 turn sour past the game vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 start past they vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 cheat gerund they not said here vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 6 We had sweet and sour chicken for dinner.
nsubj amod cc conj obj case nmod punct root We PRON had VERB sweet ADJ and CCONJ sour ADJ chicken NOUN for ADP dinner NOUN . PUNCT 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 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 6 chicken amod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 sour cc 5 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sweet conj 6 chicken chicken NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 dinner case 8 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 6 chicken nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past We sweet chicken for dinner vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient
Example 7 Saying the prize was boring was just sour grapes.
csubj det nsubj cop ccomp cop advmod amod punct root Saying VERB the DET prize NOUN was AUX boring ADJ was AUX just ADV sour ADJ grapes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 grapes csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 prize det 3 prize prize NOUN Number=Sing 5 boring nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 boring cop 5 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Saying ccomp 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 grapes cop 7 just just ADV _ 9 grapes advmod 8 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 9 grapes amod 9 grapes grape NOUN Number=Plur root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 grapes punct
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1 say speech: assert gerund vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the prize boring property tree rules 3 is a past Saying sour grapes tree rules
Example 8 He next flew to the anemones; these were rather sour to his taste.
The tree, 13 words nsubj advmod case det obl punct nsubj cop advmod conj case nmod:poss obl punct root He PRON next ADV flew VERB to ADP the DET anemones NOUN ; PUNCT these PRON were AUX rather ADV sour ADJ to ADP his PRON taste NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 flew nsubj 2 next next ADV _ 3 flew advmod 3 flew fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 anemones case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 anemones det 6 anemones anemone NOUN Number=Plur 3 flew obl 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 sour punct 8 these this PRON Number=Plur PronType=Dem 11 sour nsubj 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 sour cop 10 rather rather ADV _ 11 sour advmod 11 sour sour ADJ Degree=Pos 3 flew conj 12 to to ADP _ 14 taste case 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 taste nmod:poss 14 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 11 sour obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 flew punct
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1 fly past He to the anemones result ; next property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to anemone=Result 2 is past these to his taste; sour property tree rules 3 taste his = he nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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