witticism
Who acts: clever quick joke, people, witticism, everyone, king, Polly · What happens: say, make, smile, think, laugh, enjoy · To what, where: people, everyone, witticisms, witticism · Speech: someone speaks here
«witticism» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: witticism in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A clever, quick joke or saying that makes people smile and think.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 joke | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 clever | punct |
| 4 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 joke | amod |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 saying | cc |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 joke | conj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 joke | acl:relcl |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 makes | obj |
| 11 | smile | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 makes | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 think | cc |
| 13 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 smile | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | a clever quick joke | people | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | smile | infinitive | people not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | think speech: other | infinitive | people not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Example 1
His witticism made everyone laugh.
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 | 2 witticism | nmod:poss |
| 2 | witticism | witticism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His witticism | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | laugh | infinitive | everyone not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The king enjoyed her witticisms.
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 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 3 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 witticisms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | witticisms | witticism | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 enjoyed | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 enjoyed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | past | the king | her witticisms | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer witticism=Stimulus |
Example 3
Polly added another witticism to the talk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polly | Polly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 added | nsubj |
| 2 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 witticism | det |
| 4 | witticism | witticism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 added | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 talk | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 talk | det |
| 7 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 added | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 added | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | Polly | another witticism | to the talk | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent witticism=Patient to talk=Co-Patient |
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