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title: mamma — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mamma» in the school dictionary: Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children. Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mamma

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**Who acts:** Mamma, I · **What happens:** be, use, have, get · **To what, where:** fashioned word, tales, drink, Grand mamma

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«mamma» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [mamma in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mamma.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children. Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother.

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*Sentence 1:* Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mamma:m1:1
# text = Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children.
1	Mamma	Mamma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mamma | a fashioned word |  |  |  | for mother | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a fashioned word *not said here* |  |  |  | by young children | vn eat-39.1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mamma:m1:2
# text = Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother.
1	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	childlike	childlike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  | tales |  | as a childlike word for mother | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Mamma, can I have a drink?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mamma:x1:1
# text = Mamma, can I have a drink?
1	Mamma	Mamma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | I | a drink |  |  |  | Mamma *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mamma:x2:1
# text = Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!
1	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	mamma	mamma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect · passive |  | Grand mamma |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary what=Theme |

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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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