blackness

Who acts: state, We, owl · What happens: be, see, fly out, shine · To what, where: nothing, blackness, Stars

«blackness» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: blackness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The state of being very dark or black, with little or no light.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dark	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 dark	case
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 dark	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 dark	advmod
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 black	cc
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dark	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 little	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 little	case
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dark	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 light	cc
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 light	det
14	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dark	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the state	dark property	tree rules
2	be		the state not said here		tree rules
3	be		the state not said here		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.

Example 1

We could see nothing in the blackness of the cave.

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	3 see	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 see	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 blackness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blackness	det
7	blackness	blackness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cave	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cave	det
10	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blackness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	We	nothing		the blackness of the cave			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Example 2

The owl flew out of the blackness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owl	det
2	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 blackness	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blackness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blackness	det
7	blackness	blackness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly out	past	the owl	the blackness					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blackness=Theme

Example 3

Stars shone far above in the blackness of the sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Stars	acl
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 shone	advmod
4	above	above	ADP	_	7 blackness	case
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 blackness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blackness	det
7	blackness	blackness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shone	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sky	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blackness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stars	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	participle		Stars not said here		the blackness of the sky		far property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above blackness=Location

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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