yay

Who acts: joy, We, Yay, class, bell, he · What happens: cry, show, win, be, cheer, ring · To what, where: size, match, pizza night, Yay, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

«yay» 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: yay in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A cry of joy, excitement or approval, like «hooray».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 excitement	punct
6	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 approval	cc
8	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hooray	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 hooray	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 hooray	punct
12	hooray	hooray	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 hooray	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry		joy						nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: US, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

This much; about this size, shown with the hands: «yay big», «yay high».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 size	nsubj
2	much	much	ADV	_	6 size	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 much	punct
4	about	about	ADV	_	6 size	advmod
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shown	punct
8	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 size	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 hands	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hands	det
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shown	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 big	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 big	punct
14	yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 big	obl:unmarked
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 big	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 high	punct
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 high	punct
19	yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 high	compound
20	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 big	conj
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 high	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 size	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle		this size not said here				with the hands	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Yay! We won the match!

Sentence 1: Yay!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Yay	punct

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

Sentence 2: We won the match!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	We	the match					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality

Example 2

Yay, it's pizza night!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 night	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 night	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 night	cop
5	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 night	compound
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yay	appos
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Yay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Yay	pizza night					tree rules

Example 3

The class cheered «Yay!» when the bell rang.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cheered	nsubj
3	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Yay	punct
5	Yay	Yay	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cheered	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Yay	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Yay	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 rang	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bell	det
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rang	nsubj
11	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cheered	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cheered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	the class	Yay					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus yay=Experiencer
2	ring	past	the bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

«Oh yay, more homework,» he said, not happy at all.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 yay	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	3 yay	discourse
3	yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 homework	punct
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 homework	amod
6	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yay	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 yay	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 yay	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 happy	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 happy	advmod
13	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	parataxis
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 happy	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The fish was about yay big.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fish	det
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yay	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 yay	cop
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 yay	case
5	yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yay	amod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 yay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fish					about yay	tree rules

Example 6

Yay for Gran, who baked the cake!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yay	yay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 baked	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 Gran	case
3	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Yay	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 baked	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 baked	nsubj
6	baked	bake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 baked	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 baked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	past	Yay for Gran	the cake					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product

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