taunt

Who acts: taunt, Peacock, He, you, their · What happens: taunt, be, hurt, make, tease, shout · To what, where: someone, feelings, Crane, taunt, runner, taunts

«taunt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: taunt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 taunt	mark
2	taunt	taunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 taunt	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 say	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hurt	mark
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feelings	nmod:poss
12	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hurt	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 make	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurt	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 make	obj
17	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 make	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	taunt	to-infinitive	someone		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	is	present		say property	tree rules
3	hurt	to-infinitive	things's feelings		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient
4	make	to-infinitive	feelings = feeling	angry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

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

A taunt is a cruel remark said to tease or hurt someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 taunt	det
2	taunt	taunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 remark	det
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 remark	amod
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tease	mark
9	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 hurt	cc
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tease	conj
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 hurt	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a taunt		say property	tree rules
2	tease	to-infinitive	a taunt not said here			vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	infinitive	a taunt not said here	someone		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient

Example 1

The Peacock taunted the Crane about her plain feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Peacock	det
2	Peacock	Peacock	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taunted	nsubj
3	taunted	taunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Crane	det
5	Crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taunted	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 feathers	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 feathers	nmod:poss
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feathers	amod
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Crane	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taunted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taunt	past	the Peacock	the Crane				about Peacock's plain feathers	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Patient

Example 2

He shouted a taunt at the runner.

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 taunt	det
4	taunt	taunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 runner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 runner	det
7	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He	a taunt		the runner			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taunt=Topic

Example 3

Don't rise to their taunts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 rise	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 rise	advmod
3	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 taunts	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 taunts	nmod:poss
6	taunts	taunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rise	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not rise	imperative · do-support	you not said here			their taunts			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to taunt=Initial_Location
2	taunt		their = they						nom taunt «act transitive»: poss=agent

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