yokel
Who acts: person, yokel, yokels, city, clever cat · What happens: live, not use, say, stare, come, think · To what, where: countryside, unkind way, town, yokel · Speech: someone speaks here
«yokel» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: yokel in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 countryside | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 countryside | det |
| 7 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 used | cc |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 used | aux:pass |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 used | advmod |
| 11 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 lives | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 ways | case |
| 13 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ways | compound |
| 14 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 used | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | often | often | ADV | _ | 17 said | advmod |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 way | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 way | det |
| 20 | slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 21 unkind | advmod |
| 21 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 way | amod |
| 22 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a person | the countryside | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in countryside=Location | ||||
| 2 | not use | present · passive | a person not said here | to town ways | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | participle | a person | a unkind way | often property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in way=Manner |
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 yokel stared at the tall buildings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 yokel | det |
| 2 | yokel | yokel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stared | nsubj |
| 3 | stared | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 buildings | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 buildings | det |
| 6 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 buildings | amod |
| 7 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stared | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | past | the yokel | at the tall buildings | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at building=Theme |
Example 2
A yokel came to town for the market.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 yokel | det |
| 2 | yokel | yokel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 town | case |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 market | det |
| 8 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 town | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a yokel | town for the market | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location |
Example 3
Some yokels think the city is magic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 yokels | det |
| 2 | yokels | yokel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 think | nsubj |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 magic | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 magic | cop |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 think | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | some yokels | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the city | magic property | tree rules |
Example 4
The clever cat laughed at the yokel.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughed | nsubj |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 yokel | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 yokel | det |
| 7 | yokel | yokel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | the clever cat | the yokel | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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