wordplay Who acts: Wordplay, joke, seven eight nine, Roald, riddle, Crossword clues · What happens: be, use, love, invent, depend, write · To what, where: clever use, wordplay, new words, poems, everyone
«wordplay» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: wordplay in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Wordplay is a clever or funny use of words, such as puns, rhymes or words with two meanings.
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop det amod cc conj case nmod punct case fixed nmod punct conj cc conj case nummod nmod punct root Wordplay NOUN is AUX a DET clever ADJ or CCONJ funny ADJ use NOUN of ADP words NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP puns NOUN , PUNCT rhymes NOUN or CCONJ words NOUN with ADP two NUM meanings NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 7 use nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 use cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 use det 4 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 7 use amod 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 funny cc 6 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 4 clever conj 7 use use NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of ADP _ 9 words case 9 words word NOUN Number=Plur 7 use nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 puns punct 11 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 13 puns case 12 as as ADP _ 11 such fixed 13 puns pun NOUN Number=Plur 9 words nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 rhymes punct 15 rhymes rhyme NOUN Number=Plur 9 words conj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 words cc 17 words word NOUN Number=Plur 9 words conj 18 with with ADP _ 20 meanings case 19 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 20 meanings nummod 20 meanings meaning NOUN Number=Plur 17 words nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 7 use punct
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1 is a present Wordplay a clever use of words such puns and rhymes or words with two meanings 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.
Example 1 The joke «Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine» uses wordplay.
Sentence 1: The joke «Why was six afraid of seven?
det nsubj punct advmod cop nummod case obl punct root The DET joke NOUN « PUNCT Why ADV was AUX six NUM afraid ADJ of ADP seven NUM ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 joke det 2 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 7 afraid nsubj 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 afraid punct 4 Why why ADV PronType=Int 7 afraid advmod 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 afraid cop 6 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 afraid nummod 7 afraid afraid ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 of of ADP _ 9 seven case 9 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 afraid obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 afraid punct
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1 is in a quote past the joke of seven; afraid property tree rules
Sentence 2: Because seven eight nine» uses wordplay.
case compound compound nsubj punct obj punct root Because ADP seven NUM eight NUM nine NUM » PUNCT uses VERB wordplay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 4 nine case 2 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 nine compound 3 eight eight NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 nine compound 4 nine nine NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 uses nsubj 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 nine punct 6 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 6 uses obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 uses punct
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1 use in a quote present seven eight nine wordplay vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wordplay=Patient
Example 2 Roald Dahl loved wordplay and invented new words.
nsubj flat obj cc conj amod obj punct root Roald PROPN Dahl PROPN loved VERB wordplay NOUN and CCONJ invented VERB new ADJ words NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Roald Roald PROPN Number=Sing 3 loved nsubj 2 Dahl Dahl PROPN Number=Sing 1 Roald flat 3 loved love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 3 loved obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 invented cc 6 invented invent VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 loved conj 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 words amod 8 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 invented obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 loved punct
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1 love past Roald wordplay vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wordplay=Stimulus 2 invent past Roald not said here new words vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Result
Example 3 The riddle depended on wordplay.
det nsubj case obl punct root The DET riddle NOUN depended VERB on ADP wordplay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 riddle det 2 riddle riddle NOUN Number=Sing 3 depended nsubj 3 depended depend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 5 wordplay case 5 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 3 depended obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 depended punct
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1 depend past the riddle on wordplay vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on wordplay=Theme
Example 4 Crossword clues often use wordplay.
compound nsubj advmod obj punct root Crossword NOUN clues NOUN often ADV use VERB wordplay NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Crossword crossword NOUN Number=Sing 2 clues compound 2 clues clue NOUN Number=Plur 4 use nsubj 3 often often ADV _ 4 use advmod 4 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 4 use obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 use punct
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1 use present Crossword clues wordplay often property vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wordplay=Patient
Example 5 Our class wrote poems full of wordplay.
nmod:poss nsubj obj amod case obl punct root Our PRON class NOUN wrote VERB poems NOUN full ADJ of ADP wordplay 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 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrote nsubj 3 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 poems poem NOUN Number=Plur 3 wrote obj 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 4 poems amod 6 of of ADP _ 7 wordplay case 7 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 5 full obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 wrote punct
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1 write past Our class poems vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme
Example 6 The comedian's wordplay made everyone groan and laugh.
det nmod:poss case nsubj obj xcomp cc conj punct root The DET comedian NOUN 's PART wordplay NOUN made VERB everyone PRON groan VERB and CCONJ laugh VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 comedian det 2 comedian comedian NOUN Number=Sing 4 wordplay nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 comedian case 4 wordplay wordplay NOUN Number=Sing 5 made nsubj 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 made obj 7 groan groan VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 made xcomp 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 laugh cc 9 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 groan conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make past the comedian's wordplay everyone tree rules 2 groan infinitive everyone not said here vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 laugh infinitive everyone not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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