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blotchy

Who acts: face, paint, skin, forest shade, old map, blotchy rash · What happens: cover, mark, be, cry, dry, go · To what, where: cold wind, sign, adult, yourself, you · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Covered in blotches; marked with uneven patches of colour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 blotches	case
3	blotches	blotch	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Covered	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 marked	punct
5	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Covered	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 patches	case
7	uneven	uneven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 patches	amod
8	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 marked	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 colour	case
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 patches	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle						in blotches	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in blotch=Theme
2	mark	participle						with uneven patches of colour	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with patch=Theme

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

Her face was blotchy from crying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blotchy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blotchy	cop
4	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 crying	mark
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 blotchy	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blotchy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face					blotchy property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	Her face not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The paint dried blotchy because it was too thin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paint	det
2	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dried	nsubj
3	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dried	xcomp
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 thin	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thin	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thin	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 thin	advmod
9	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dried	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	past	the paint					blotchy property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	paint					thin property	tree rules

Example 3

His skin went red and blotchy in the cold wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 skin	nmod:poss
2	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blotchy	cc
6	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 red	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wind	det
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wind	amod
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	His skin			the cold wind		red property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wind=Location

Example 4

The forest shade was stripy and blotchy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 5

The old map was blotchy with water stains.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 map	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 map	amod
3	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blotchy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blotchy	cop
5	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 stains	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stains	compound
8	stains	stain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 blotchy	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 blotchy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old map					with water stains; blotchy property	tree rules

Example 6

A blotchy rash can be a sign of illness — tell an adult.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rash	det
2	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rash	amod
3	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sign	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sign	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sign	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sign	det
7	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 illness	case
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sign	nmod
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sign	parataxis
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a blotchy rash	a sign				of illness	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Example 7

If you can cure yourself of that blotchy skin and that rheumatic gait, someone might believe you.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 cure	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 cure	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cure	aux
4	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 believe	advcl
5	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 cure	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 skin	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 skin	det
8	blotchy	blotchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skin	amod
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cure	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gait	cc
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 gait	det
12	rheumatic	rheumatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gait	amod
13	gait	gait	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cure	punct
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 believe	nsubj
16	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 believe	aux
17	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 believe	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure a condition, not said to happen	can	you	yourself				of that blotchy skin and that rheumatic gait	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer yourself=Source of skin=Theme
2	believe	might	someone	you					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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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