balmy

Who acts: Balmy, that, evening air, We, breeze · What happens: describe, be, mean, eat, scent · To what, where: weather, tea

«balmy» 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: balmy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Balmy	Balmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 air	cc
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weather	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 warm	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 warm	cop
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weather	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 soft	punct
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 warm	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gentle	cc
12	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 warm	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pleasant	punct
14	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 warm	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	18 in	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 in	cop
17	outside	outside	ADV	_	18 in	advmod
18	in	in	ADV	_	14 pleasant	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Balmy	weather or air		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent weather=Theme
2	is	present	that		warm property	tree rules
3	be		that not said here			tree rules
4	be		that not said here			tree rules
5	be		that not said here			tree rules
6	is	to-infinitive	that not said here		in, outside property	tree rules

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Balmy can also mean silly or mad, as in «balmy ideas».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Balmy	Balmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	xcomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 mad	cc
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silly	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ideas	punct
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 ideas	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 ideas	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 ideas	punct
12	balmy	balmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ideas	amod
13	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mean	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 ideas	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Balmy					silly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 1

The evening air was balmy and sweet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 air	det
2	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 air	compound
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 balmy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 balmy	cop
5	balmy	balmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sweet	cc
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 balmy	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 balmy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the evening air					balmy property	tree rules
2	be		the evening air not said here						tree rules

Example 2

We ate our tea outside on a balmy night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tea	nmod:poss
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 ate	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	balmy	balmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	We	our tea			night	outside property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient

Example 3

The breeze was soft and balmy, scented with roses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breeze	det
2	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soft	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soft	cop
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 balmy	cc
6	balmy	balmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soft	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 scented	punct
8	scented	scent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 soft	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 roses	case
10	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 scented	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the breeze	soft property	tree rules
2	be		the breeze not said here		tree rules
3	scent	participle	the breeze not said here	with roses	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rose=Theme

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