spank

Who acts: rude word, It, name, daddy, Taffy, horses · What happens: hit, grow, use, spank, be, smack · To what, where: someone, naughty children, old stories, children, Wales, name · Speech: someone speaks here

«spank» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: spank in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To hit someone, usually a child, on the bottom with an open hand as a punishment.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hit	mark
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hit	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 child	punct
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	7 child	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 someone	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bottom	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 bottom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bottom	det
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 hand	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hand	det
14	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hand	amod
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 punishment	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 punishment	det
18	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	to-infinitive		someone				with a open hand; as a punishment; on the bottom	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent someone=Instrument on bottom=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

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A slap on the bottom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slap	det
2	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bottom	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bottom	det
5	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slap	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slap	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: rude, adult slang — kept apart, not parsed.

a rude word grown-ups use; not for school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 word	amod
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	nsubj
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 school	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 school	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	present	a rude word					for school	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

In old stories, naughty children were often spanked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 stories	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stories	amod
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spanked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stories	punct
5	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 spanked	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 spanked	aux:pass
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 spanked	advmod
9	spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 spanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spank	past · passive		naughty children		old stories		often property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in story=Location

Example 2

It is now against the law to smack or spank children in Wales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 law	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 law	advmod
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 law	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 smack	mark
8	smack	smack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 law	acl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 spank	cc
10	spank	spank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 smack	conj
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spank	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Wales	case
13	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spank	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 law	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			now	against the law	tree rules
2	smack	to-infinitive						vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	spank	infinitive		children	Wales			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Patient in wales=Location

Example 3

Taffy's name says she ought to be spanked, but her daddy loved her.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Taffy	case
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spanked	nsubj
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 spanked	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 spanked	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 spanked	aux:pass
9	spanked	spank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loved	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 loved	cc
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daddy	nmod:poss
13	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	nsubj
14	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loved	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Taffy's name		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spank	ought · passive		name	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	love	past	name's daddy	name	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
4	name		Taffy		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The horses trotted along at a spanking pace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horses	det
2	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trotted	nsubj
3	trotted	trot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 trotted	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 pace	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pace	det
7	spanking	spanking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pace	compound
8	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trotted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trot	past	the horses					at a spanking pace; along property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=Trajectory

Example 5

He rode a spanking new bicycle.

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bicycle	det
4	spanking	spank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bicycle	amod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bicycle	amod
6	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He	a spanking new bicycle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bicycle=Location
2	spank	gerund							vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

If an adult hurts you, tell a teacher you trust.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 hurts	mark
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurts	nsubj
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	advcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hurts	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hurts	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 trust	nsubj
11	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teacher	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	hurt a condition, not said to happen	present	a adult	you		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a teacher	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
3	trust	present	you	a teacher not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme

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