uppish

Who acts: you, shot, Toad, new girl, batsman, Success · What happens: act, be, go up, catch, become, escape · To what, where: uppish young man, uppish drive, him

«uppish» 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: uppish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, mainly UK, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

Too proud and full of yourself; acting as if you are better than others; uppity.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 proud	advmod
2	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 full	cc
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proud	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 yourself	case
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 full	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 acting	punct
8	acting	act	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 proud	conj
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 better	mark
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 better	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 better	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 better	cop
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 acting	xcomp
14	than	than	ADP	_	15 others	case
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 better	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 uppity	punct
17	uppity	uppity	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proud	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 proud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	gerund							vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					than others; good property	tree rules

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: cricket — kept apart, not parsed.

A shot that goes up in the air and might be caught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shot	det
2	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shot	acl:relcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 goes	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 caught	cc
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 caught	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 caught	aux:pass
12	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 goes	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	present	a shot					in the air	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in air=Attribute
2	catch	might · passive	a shot not said here						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

Example 1

Toad became uppish after his escape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 became	xcomp
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 escape	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 escape	nmod:poss
6	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Toad				after Toad's escape	uppish property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	escape		Toad						nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

«Don't you get uppish with me, young man!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 get	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 uppish	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 uppish	punct
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get in a quote	infinitive · do-support	you	uppish young man					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus

Example 3

The new girl seemed a bit uppish at first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seemed	nsubj
4	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 uppish	obl:unmarked
7	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seemed	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 first	case
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 uppish	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	the new girl					uppish property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Example 4

His uppish manner annoyed the others.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 manner	nmod:poss
2	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 manner	amod
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 annoyed	nsubj
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 others	det
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 annoyed	nsubj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 annoyed	punct

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

Example 5

The batsman played an uppish drive and was nearly caught.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 batsman	det
2	batsman	batsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drive	det
5	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drive	amod
6	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 caught	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 caught	aux:pass
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	10 caught	advmod
10	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 played	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the batsman	a uppish drive					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Theme
2	catch	past · passive	the batsman not said here					nearly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

Example 6

Success made him uppish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Success	Success	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	uppish	uppish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 made	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Success	him = he				uppish property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product

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