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title: ooh — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ooh» in the school dictionary: Ooh is a sound people make to show surprise, delight, interest or admiration. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ooh

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**Who acts:** Ooh, people, sound, something, Oohs, you · **What happens:** be, make, show, hurt, look, aah · **To what, where:** sound, surprise, pain, sounds, Ooh, crowd · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«ooh» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [ooh in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ooh.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ooh is a sound people make to show surprise, delight, interest or admiration.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:m1:1
# text = Ooh is a sound people make to show surprise, delight, interest or admiration.
1	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ooh | a sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | people | a sound *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | a sound *not said here* | surprise and interest or admiration |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient |

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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 -->
Ooh can show pain or worry, as when something hurts or looks dangerous.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:m2:1
# text = Ooh can show pain or worry, as when something hurts or looks dangerous.
1	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | can | Ooh | pain or worry |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pain=Recipient |
| 2 | **hurt** | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **look** | present | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Oohs and aahs» means sounds of wonder from a crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:m3:1
# text = «Oohs and aahs» means sounds of wonder from a crowd.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Oohs	Ooh	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	aahs	aah	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aah** *in a quote* | present | Oohs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | sounds of wonder from a crowd |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ooh, look at those fireworks!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x1:1
# text = Ooh, look at those fireworks!
1	Ooh	ooh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at that fireworks | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at firework=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ooh, is that chocolate cake?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x2:1
# text = Ooh, is that chocolate cake?
1	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	that	that	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ooh |  |  |  |  | that chocolate cake | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ooh, that must have hurt!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x3:1
# text = Ooh, that must have hurt!
1	Ooh	Ooh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | must · perfect · passive |  | Ooh |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crowd oohed and aahed at the acrobats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x4:1
# text = The crowd oohed and aahed at the acrobats.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	oohed	ooh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	aahed	aah	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	acrobats	acrobat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ooh** | participle |  | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **aah** | participle |  |  |  | the acrobats |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ooh, I've just had a brilliant idea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x5:1
# text = Ooh, I've just had a brilliant idea.
1	Ooh	ooh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | I | a brilliant idea |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Ooh,» said Gran, «what a lovely surprise!»

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x6:1
# text = «Ooh,» said Gran, «what a lovely surprise!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ooh	ooh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det:predet	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Ooh! the stone, the great big stone! ooh! the stones on top!"

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ooh:x7:1
# text = "Ooh! the stone, the great big stone! ooh! the stones on top!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ooh	ooh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
12	ooh	ooh	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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