underdog Who acts: underdog, person, small school, Everyone, I, David · What happens: be, expect, lose, cheer, win, support · To what, where: person, contest, underdog, final, race, classic underdog story
«underdog» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: underdog in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The underdog is the person or team that is expected to lose a contest.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det cc conj nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl mark xcomp det obj punct root The DET underdog NOUN is AUX the DET person NOUN or CCONJ team NOUN that PRON is AUX expected VERB to PART lose VERB a DET contest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 underdog det 2 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 team cc 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 person conj 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 expected nsubj:pass 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 expected aux:pass 10 expected expect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 person acl:relcl 11 to to PART _ 12 lose mark 12 lose lose VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 expected xcomp 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 contest det 14 contest contest NOUN Number=Sing 12 lose obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present the underdog the person or team tree rules 2 expect present · passive the person or team tree rules 3 lose not said to happen to-infinitive the person or team not said here a contest vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality
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 An underdog is also a person with less power or money than others.
det nsubj cop advmod det case amod nmod cc conj case nmod punct root An DET underdog NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET person NOUN with ADP less ADJ power NOUN or CCONJ money NOUN than ADP others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 underdog det 2 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing 6 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 person cop 4 also also ADV _ 6 person advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 person det 6 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 9 power case 8 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 power amod 9 power power NOUN Number=Sing 6 person nmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 money cc 11 money money NOUN Number=Sing 9 power conj 12 than than ADP _ 13 others case 13 others other NOUN Number=Plur 6 person nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 person punct
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1 is a present a underdog a person with less power or money; than others tree rules
Example 1 Our small school was the underdog in the final.
nmod:poss amod nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root Our PRON small ADJ school NOUN was AUX the DET underdog NOUN in ADP the DET final NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 school nmod:poss 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 3 school amod 3 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 underdog nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 underdog cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 underdog det 6 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 9 final case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 final det 9 final final NOUN Number=Sing 6 underdog nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 underdog punct
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1 is a past Our small school the underdog the final tree rules
Example 2 Everyone cheered when the underdog won the race.
nsubj mark det nsubj advcl det obj punct root Everyone PRON cheered VERB when SCONJ the DET underdog NOUN won VERB the DET race NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 cheered nsubj 2 cheered cheer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 when when SCONJ _ 6 won mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 underdog det 5 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing 6 won nsubj 6 won win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 cheered advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 race det 8 race race NOUN Number=Sing 6 won obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 cheered punct
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1 cheer past Everyone vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 win past the underdog the race vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
Example 3 I always support the underdog.
nsubj advmod det obj punct root I PRON always ADV support VERB the DET underdog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 support nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 support advmod 3 support support VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 underdog det 5 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing 3 support obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 support punct
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1 support present I the underdog always property vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer underdog=Stimulus
Example 4 David was the underdog against the giant Goliath.
nsubj cop det case det amod nmod punct root David PROPN was AUX the DET underdog NOUN against ADP the DET giant ADJ Goliath PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 David David PROPN Number=Sing 4 underdog nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 underdog cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 underdog det 4 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 against against ADP _ 8 Goliath case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Goliath det 7 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 8 Goliath amod 8 Goliath Goliath PROPN Number=Sing 4 underdog nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 underdog punct
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1 is a past David the underdog against the giant Goliath tree rules
Example 5 The film is a classic underdog story.
det nsubj cop det amod compound punct root The DET film NOUN is AUX a DET classic ADJ underdog NOUN story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 film det 2 film film NOUN Number=Sing 7 story nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 story cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 story det 5 classic classic ADJ Degree=Pos 7 story amod 6 underdog underdog NOUN Number=Sing 7 story compound 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 story punct
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1 is a present the film a classic underdog story tree rules
Example 6 The underdogs played their best game ever.
det nsubj nmod:poss amod obj advmod punct root The DET underdogs NOUN played VERB their PRON best ADJ game NOUN ever ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 underdogs det 2 underdogs underdog NOUN Number=Plur 3 played nsubj 3 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 game nmod:poss 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 game amod 6 game game NOUN Number=Sing 3 played obj 7 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 3 played advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 played punct
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1 play past the underdogs underdogs's best game ever vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
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