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title: parody — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «parody» in the school dictionary: A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# parody

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**Who acts:** parody, film, people, We, comedy show, account · **What happens:** be, exaggerate, make, laugh, parody, mean · **To what, where:** funny copy, parody, people, fun, something, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«parody» 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: [parody in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parody.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it.

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:m1:1
# text = A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parody	parody	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	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	exaggerates	exaggerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
22	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	conj	_	_
26	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	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 parody | a funny copy and film or style |  |  |  | of a song and story | tree rules |
| 2 | **exaggerate** | present | film or style | parody |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | film or style *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **laugh** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | fun of parody |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
To parody something means to copy it in a funny exaggerated way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:m2:1
# text = To parody something means to copy it in a funny exaggerated way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	parody	parody	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **parody** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **copy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | it |  | a funny exaggerated way |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in way=Destination |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A parody of something is a very bad, unfair version of it, as in "a parody of justice".

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:m3:1
# text = A parody of something is a very bad, unfair version of it, as in "a parody of justice".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a parody of something | a bad unfair version |  |  |  | of version | tree rules |
| 2 | **parody** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom parody «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **parody** *in a quote* |  |  | justice |  |  |  |  | nom parody «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We wrote a parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" about homework.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x1:1
# text = We wrote a parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" about homework.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Twinkle	Twinkle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Twinkle	Twinkle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Star	Star	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | We | a parody of Twinkle Little Star |  |  |  | about homework | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent parody=Recipient about homework=Topic |
| 2 | **parody** |  |  | Twinkle Little Star |  |  |  |  | nom parody «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The comedy show did a parody of the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x2:1
# text = The comedy show did a parody of the news.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	comedy	comedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the comedy show | a parody of the news |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parody=Eventuality |
| 2 | **parody** |  |  | the news |  |  |  |  | nom parody «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That account is a parody; it isn't really the president.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x3:1
# text = That account is a parody; it isn't really the president.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that account | a parody and the president |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | account | the president |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The film parodies old spy movies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x4:1
# text = The film parodies old spy movies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	parodies	parody	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	spy	spy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	movies	movie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The trial was a parody of justice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x5:1
# text = The trial was a parody of justice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the trial | a parody |  |  |  | of justice | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His parody of the teacher's walk made everyone laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x6:1
# text = His parody of the teacher's walk made everyone laugh.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His parody of the teacher's walk | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **parody** |  | His *= he* | the teacher's walk |  |  |  |  | nom parody «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 4 | **walk** |  | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Parody is funny when it is clever, not cruel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parody:x7:1
# text = Parody is funny when it is clever, not cruel.
1	Parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Parody |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Parody |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **be** |  | Parody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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