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title: boomer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «boomer» in the school dictionary: A baby boomer, a person born in the years just after the Second World War, roughly 1946 to 1964, when many babies were born. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# boomer

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**Who acts:** OK boomer, older person, grandparents, Lots, He, Boomers · **What happens:** bear, tease, be, brush off, opine, grow up · **To what, where:** person, many babies, teasing way, opinion, baby boomers, uncle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«boomer» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [boomer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boomer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A baby boomer, a person born in the years just after the Second World War, roughly 1946 to 1964, when many babies were born.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:m1:1
# text = A baby boomer, a person born in the years just after the Second World War, roughly 1946 to 1964, when many babies were born.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Second	Second	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
15	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	1946	1946	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	appos	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	1964	1964	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
24	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  | after the Second World War; year |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | many babies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 {#m2}

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Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«OK boomer» is a teasing way to brush off an older person's opinion as old-fashioned.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:m2:1
# text = «OK boomer» is a teasing way to brush off an older person's opinion as old-fashioned.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	brush	brush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | OK boomer | a teasing way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **brush off** | to-infinitive |  | a older person's opinion |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme |
| 4 | **opine** |  | a older person |  |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: Australia — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large male kangaroo.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:m3:1
# text = A large male kangaroo.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My grandparents are baby boomers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x1:1
# text = My grandparents are baby boomers.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	boomers	boomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My grandparents | baby boomers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lots of boomers grew up without the internet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x2:1
# text = Lots of boomers grew up without the internet.
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	boomers	boomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | past | Lots of boomers |  |  |  |  | without the internet | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He said «OK boomer» to his uncle and got told off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x3:1
# text = He said «OK boomer» to his uncle and got told off.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	OK	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  | his uncle |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to uncle=Recipient |
| 2 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A huge boomer hopped across the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x4:1
# text = A huge boomer hopped across the road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hopped	hop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | participle |  | a huge boomer *not said here* |  | the road |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Boomers remember the first Moon landing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x5:1
# text = Boomers remember the first Moon landing.
1	Boomers	boomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
5	Moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Boomers | the first Moon landing |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent landing=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not every older person is a boomer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:boomer:x6:1
# text = Not every older person is a boomer.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boomer	boomer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | every older person | a boomer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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