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title: minx — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «minx» in the school dictionary: A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# minx

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**Who acts:** minx, cheeky sly girl, you, little minx, idle minx · **What happens:** be, tease, behave, minx, say, laugh · **To what, where:** cheeky sly girl, pert way, sweets, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:minx:m1:1
# text = A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minx	minx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	teases	tease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pert	pert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	saucy	saucy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a minx | a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tease** | present | a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **behave** | present | a cheeky sly girl and a fashioned name for a saucy girl *not said here* |  |  | a pert way |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Oh, you little minx!" said Gran, laughing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:minx:x1:1
# text = "Oh, you little minx!" said Gran, laughing.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minx	minx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **minx** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | little minx |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **laugh** | gerund | little minx *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The minx hid the sweets behind her back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:minx:x2:1
# text = The minx hid the sweets behind her back.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	minx	minx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	behind	behind	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	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the minx | the sweets |  | minx's back |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient behind back=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The idle minx would not help with the dishes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:minx:x3:1
# text = The idle minx would not help with the dishes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	minx	minx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | would | the idle minx |  |  |  |  | with the dishes | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dish=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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