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tattling

Who acts: Tattling, you, Telling, She, Nobody, teacher · What happens: mean, tell, get, gossip, chatter, stop · To what, where: adult, them, trouble, tattling, someone, class · Speech: someone speaks here

«tattling» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: tattling in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tattling means telling an adult about someone's small misbehaviour, often just to get them into trouble (mainly American).

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tattling	tattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telling	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	10 misbehaviour	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 misbehaviour	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 someone	case
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 misbehaviour	amod
10	misbehaviour	misbehaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telling	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	15 get	advmod
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 get	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 get	mark
15	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 get	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 trouble	case
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 get	obl
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 American	punct
20	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	21 American	advmod
21	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 get	parataxis
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 American	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Tattling						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	gerund	Tattling not said here		a adult			about someone's small misbehaviour	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about misbehaviour=Topic
3	get	to-infinitive		them = they		trouble		often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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

Tattling can also mean gossiping or chattering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tattling	tattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	gossiping	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 mean	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 chattering	cc
7	chattering	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 gossiping	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Tattling						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	gossip speech: other not said to happen	gerund	Tattling not said here						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	chatter	gerund	Tattling not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Stop tattling on your little brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	tattling	tattle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 brother	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tattling	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	tattle	gerund	you not said here					on your little brother	tree rules

Example 2

Is that tattling or telling?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tattling	cop
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 tattling	det
3	tattling	tattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 telling	csubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 telling	cc
5	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 telling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that tattling					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Telling an adult that someone is hurt is not tattling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 tattling	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 hurt	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 hurt	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Telling	advcl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tattling	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tattling	advmod
10	tattling	tattle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 tattling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	hurt	present · passive		someone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not tattle	present · progressive	Telling						tree rules

Example 4

She kept tattling about who was talking in class.

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tattling	tattle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 talking	mark
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 talking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 talking	aux
7	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tattling	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 class	case
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talking	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	She						tree rules
2	tattle	gerund	She not said here						tree rules
3	talk	past · progressive				class			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Nobody likes it when you are always tattling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 likes	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 tattling	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tattling	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tattling	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 tattling	advmod
8	tattling	tattle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 likes	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Nobody	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	tattle	present · progressive	you					always property	tree rules

Example 6

My teacher said, «If it's dangerous, it's not tattling.»

The tree, 11 words

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	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dangerous	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 dangerous	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	9 dangerous	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dangerous	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dangerous	cop
9	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tattling	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tattling	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 tattling	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 tattling	advmod
14	tattling	tattle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 tattling	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 tattling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	My teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	teacher					dangerous property	tree rules
3	not tattle in a quote	present · progressive	teacher						tree rules

Example 7

He was called a tattletale for tattling.

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 called	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tattletale	det
5	tattletale	tattletale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 tattling	case
7	tattling	tattling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tattletale	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		He					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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