utter

Who acts: He, room, you, baby, bedroom, deer · What happens: say, make, be, not utter, fall, utter · To what, where: something, sound, word, utter silence, utter nonsense, tiny squeak · Speech: someone speaks here

«utter» 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: utter in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To say something or make a sound with your voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 say	mark
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 say	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 make	cc
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sound	det
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 voice	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 voice	nmod:poss
10	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		something					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	make	infinitive		a sound				with your voice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=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

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Complete; total: utter silence, utter nonsense.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 total	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Complete	punct
3	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 silence	punct
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nonsense	punct
8	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nonsense	amod
9	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silence	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 silence	punct

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

Example 1

He was so shocked he could not utter a word.

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	4 shocked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shocked	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 shocked	advmod
4	shocked	shocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 utter	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 utter	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 utter	advmod
8	utter	utter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 shocked	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 utter	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					shocked property	tree rules
2	not utter speech: other	could	he	a word					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Example 2

The room fell into utter silence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 silence	case
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the room					into utter silence result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into silence=Result

Example 3

What you said is utter nonsense!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 said	obj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nonsense	cop
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nonsense	amod
6	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	is a	present		utter nonsense					tree rules

Example 4

The baby uttered a tiny squeak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uttered	nsubj
3	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 squeak	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 squeak	amod
6	squeak	squeak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uttered	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 uttered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	the baby	a tiny squeak					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent squeak=Topic

Example 5

My bedroom is an utter mess.

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 bedroom	nmod:poss
2	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mess	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mess	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mess	det
5	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mess	amod
6	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My bedroom	a utter mess					tree rules

Example 6

Don't utter a sound while the deer are near.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 utter	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 utter	advmod
3	utter	utter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 utter	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 near	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deer	det
8	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 near	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 near	cop
10	near	near	ADV	_	3 utter	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 utter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not utter speech: other	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a sound					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sound=Topic
2	is	present	the deer					near property	tree rules

Example 7

The King could not utter a word for several minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 utter	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 utter	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 utter	advmod
5	utter	utter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 utter	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 minutes	case
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 minutes	amod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 utter	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 utter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not utter speech: other	could	the King	a word			minute		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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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