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title: saucy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «saucy» in the school dictionary: Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# saucy

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**Who acts:** saucy boy, proud saucy slut, he · **What happens:** not show, dare, laugh, answer back, be · **To what, where:** proper respect, playful way

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«saucy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [saucy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/saucy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saucy:m1:1
# text = Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect.
1	Cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **show** | gerund |  | proper respect |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=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}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

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Slightly rude or daring in a playful way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saucy:m2:1
# text = Slightly rude or daring in a playful way.
1	Slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	daring	dare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **dare** | gerund |  |  |  | a playful way |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The saucy boy laughed at the old woman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saucy:x1:1
# text = The saucy boy laughed at the old woman.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	saucy	saucy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the saucy boy |  |  |  |  | at the old woman | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The proud, saucy slut answered back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saucy:x2:1
# text = The proud, saucy slut answered back.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	saucy	saucy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	slut	slut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer back** *speech: assert* | past | the proud saucy slut |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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At that time he was saucy and full of ideas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saucy:x3:1
# text = At that time he was saucy and full of ideas.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	saucy	saucy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  | time | saucy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of ideas | tree rules |

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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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