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title: humourous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «humourous» in the school dictionary: «Humourous» is a common misspelling of «humorous», which means funny or meant to make people laugh. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# humourous

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**Who acts:** Humourous, common misspelling, people, writers, UK noun, correct spelling · **What happens:** be, mean, make, laugh, use, not be · **To what, where:** common misspelling, people, humourous, humour, humorous poem, red

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Humourous» is a common misspelling of «humorous», which means funny or meant to make people laugh.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:m1:1
# text = «Humourous» is a common misspelling of «humorous», which means funny or meant to make people laugh.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Humourous	Humourous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	misspelling	misspelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Humourous | a common misspelling |  |  |  | of humorous | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a common misspelling |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** | participle | a common misspelling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a common misspelling *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **laugh** *not said to happen* | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some writers use «humourous» by mistake because the UK noun is «humour» with a «u».

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:m2:1
# text = Some writers use «humourous» by mistake because the UK noun is «humour» with a «u».
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	humourous	humourous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	u	u	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | some writers | humourous |  |  |  | by mistake | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humourous=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the UK noun | humour |  |  |  | with a u | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The correct spelling is «humorous», not «humourous».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x1:1
# text = The correct spelling is «humorous», not «humourous».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	humourous	humourous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the correct spelling |  |  |  |  | humorous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** *in a quote* |  | the correct spelling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wrote a humorous poem about her cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x2:1
# text = She wrote a humorous poem about her cat.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **write** | past | She | a humorous poem |  |  |  | about her cat | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient about cat=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My teacher circled «humourous» in red and wrote «humorous».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x3:1
# text = My teacher circled «humourous» in red and wrote «humorous».
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	circled	circle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	humourous	humourous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **circle** | past | My teacher |  |  | red |  | humourous *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **write** | past | My teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
British English has «humour», but still «humorous».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x4:1
# text = British English has «humour», but still «humorous».
1	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | British English | humour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The film was humorous and kind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x5:1
# text = The film was humorous and kind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the film |  |  |  |  | humorous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the film *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A humorous speech makes the audience laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:humourous:x6:1
# text = A humorous speech makes the audience laugh.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a humorous speech | the audience |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | the audience *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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