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title: gibe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gibe» in the school dictionary: A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gibe

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**Who acts:** gibe, feelings, He, other boys, cruel gibes, him · **What happens:** be, mean, hurt, make, look, ignore · **To what, where:** mocking remark, feelings, gibes, him, gibe

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gibe:m1:1
# text = A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gibe	gibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mocking	mocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gibe | a mocking remark |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | participle |  | a mocking remark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | someone's feelings |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | infinitive |  | feelings *= feeling* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **look** | infinitive | feelings *= feeling* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | foolish *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He ignored the gibes of the other boys.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gibe:x1:1
# text = He ignored the gibes of the other boys.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gibes	gibe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | He | the gibes of the other boys |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gibe=Theme |
| 2 | **gibe** |  | the other boys |  |  |  |  |  | nom gibe «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her cruel gibes made him cry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gibe:x2:1
# text = Her cruel gibes made him cry.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gibes	gibe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her cruel gibes | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **gibe** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom gibe «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king laughed at the gibe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gibe:x3:1
# text = The king laughed at the gibe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gibe	gibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the king |  |  | the gibe |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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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