strewth

Who acts: you, Strewth, Aussie grandpa, cricket, cows · What happens: exclaim, look, be, give, say, go · To what, where: surprise, fright, me, farmer, strewth, old Australian films · Speech: someone speaks here

«strewth» 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: strewth in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Australia, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

a mild exclamation of surprise, shock or annoyance, from "God's truth".

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 exclamation	det
2	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exclamation	amod
3	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shock	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 surprise	case
5	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exclamation	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shock	punct
7	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 annoyance	cc
9	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shock	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 truth	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 truth	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 truth	punct
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 truth	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 God	case
15	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shock	parataxis
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 truth	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclaim			surprise					nom exclamation «communication transitive»: of=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.

Example 1

"Strewth! Look at the size of that spider!"

Sentence 1: "Strewth!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
2	Strewth	Strewth	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct

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

Sentence 2: Look at the size of that spider!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 size	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 size	det
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 spider	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 spider	det
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 size	nmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					at the size of that spider	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at size=Theme

Example 2

Strewth, it's hot today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strewth	Strewth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hot	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Strewth	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hot	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hot	cop
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hot	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Strewth				today	hot property	tree rules

Example 3

"Strewth, mate, you gave me a fright."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
2	Strewth	Strewth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mate	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Strewth	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 gave	nsubj
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fright	det
10	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	past	Strewth	a fright	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient fright=Theme

Example 4

My Aussie grandpa says strewth when the cricket goes badly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 grandpa	nmod:poss
2	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grandpa	amod
3	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	strewth	strewth	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 goes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cricket	det
8	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 goes	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My Aussie grandpa					strewth property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	the cricket					badly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

"Strewth!" cried the farmer when the cows got out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
2	Strewth	Strewth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cried	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Strewth	punct
5	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 farmer	det
7	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cried	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 got	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cows	det
10	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cried	advcl
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Strewth	the farmer					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Topic
2	get out	past	the cows					out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

You hear "strewth" in old Australian films.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 hear	nsubj
2	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 strewth	punct
4	strewth	strewth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hear	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 strewth	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 films	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 films	amod
8	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 films	amod
9	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hear	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	You	strewth		old Australian films			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer strewth=Stimulus

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