bandy

Who acts: Bandy, legs, knees, feet, bandy words, little man · What happens: describe, curve, be, mean, exchange, have · To what, where: legs, words, bandy legs, boy

«bandy» 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: bandy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Bandy describes legs that curve outward, so that the knees are apart when the feet are together.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bandy	Bandy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 describes	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 curve	nsubj
5	curve	curve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 legs	acl:relcl
6	outward	outward	ADV	_	5 curve	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 apart	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 apart	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 apart	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 knees	det
11	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 apart	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 apart	cop
13	apart	apart	ADV	_	5 curve	obl
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 together	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 feet	det
16	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 together	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 together	cop
18	together	together	ADV	_	13 apart	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Bandy	legs		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
2	curve	present	legs		outward property	vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
3	is	present	the knees		apart property	tree rules
4	is	present	the feet		together 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: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To bandy words means to exchange them, especially in an argument.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 words	mark
2	bandy	bandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 words	amod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 exchange	mark
6	exchange	exchange	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	xcomp
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 exchange	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 argument	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 argument	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 argument	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 argument	det
12	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exchange	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	bandy words						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	exchange not said to happen	to-infinitive	bandy words not said here	words = word					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Example 1

The little man had bandy legs and a loud voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bandy	bandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 legs	amod
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 voice	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 voice	det
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 voice	amod
10	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 legs	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the little man	bandy legs and a loud voice					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Example 2

The mole kicked the boy with his bandy legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mole	det
2	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	nsubj
3	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kicked	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 legs	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 legs	nmod:poss
8	bandy	bandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 legs	amod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kicked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	the mole	the boy				with mole's bandy legs	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent boy=Patient with leg=Instrument

Example 3

The two farmers bandied angry words across the fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmers	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 farmers	nummod
3	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	nsubj
4	bandied	bandy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 words	amod
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 fence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fence	det
9	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bandy	participle							tree rules

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