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title: soppy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soppy» in the school dictionary: Soppy means too soft and sentimental, full of love-talk or easy tears, in a way that some people find silly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soppy

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**Who acts:** Soppy, people, soppy person, film, they, big sister · **What happens:** mean, find, be, soak, keep, kiss · **To what, where:** way, soppy poem, little scratch, baby photos, soppy old thing, cuddles

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soppy means too soft and sentimental, full of love-talk or easy tears, in a way that some people find silly.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:m1:1
# text = Soppy means too soft and sentimental, full of love-talk or easy tears, in a way that some people find silly.
1	Soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sentimental	sentimental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obj	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Soppy |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | present | some people | a way |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: informal, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soppy person is silly, weak or soft-hearted, too easily upset or too sweet.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:m2:1
# text = A soppy person is silly, weak or soft-hearted, too easily upset or too sweet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hearted	hearted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a soppy person |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a soppy person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | a soppy person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | a soppy person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: rare — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soppy can mean very wet and soaked.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:m3:1
# text = Soppy can mean very wet and soaked.
1	Soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Soppy |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **soak** | participle | Soppy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ugh, this film is too soppy, they keep kissing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x1:1
# text = Ugh, this film is too soppy, they keep kissing.
1	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
11	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this film |  |  |  |  | soppy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **kiss** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My big sister wrote a soppy poem about her boyfriend.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x2:1
# text = My big sister wrote a soppy poem about her boyfriend.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | My big sister | a soppy poem |  |  |  | about sister's boyfriend | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient about boyfriend=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't be soppy, it's only a little scratch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x3:1
# text = Don't be soppy, it's only a little scratch.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	scratch	scratch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soppy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | a little scratch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad goes all soppy when he sees baby photos.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x4:1
# text = Dad goes all soppy when he sees baby photos.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | soppy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | Dad | baby photos |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer photo=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The card was full of soppy hearts and flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x5:1
# text = The card was full of soppy hearts and flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the card |  |  |  |  | of soppy hearts and flowers; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our dog is a soppy old thing who loves cuddles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x6:1
# text = Our dog is a soppy old thing who loves cuddles.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	cuddles	cuddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our dog | a soppy old thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | present | a soppy old thing | cuddles |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cuddle=Stimulus |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grass was soppy after the storm. (rare)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The grass was soppy after the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x7:1
# text = The grass was soppy after the storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	soppy	soppy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grass |  |  |  | after the storm | soppy *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (rare)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soppy:x7:2
# text = (rare)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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