boneless

Who acts: I, jellyfish, you, fish, toddler, Octopuses · What happens: have, take out, like, be, check, give · To what, where: bones, boneless chicken, fish, baby, tiny holes, chicken pieces

«boneless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: boneless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having no bones, or with the bones taken out, especially of meat or fish.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 bones	det
3	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Having	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 taken	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 taken	cc
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	9 taken	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bones	det
8	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 taken	nsubj:pass
9	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Having	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 taken	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 meat	punct
12	especially	especially	ADV	_	14 meat	advmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 meat	case
14	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 fish	cc
16	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 meat	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		no bones				of meat or fish	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	take out	participle · passive		the bones					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Weak and floppy, as if without bones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 floppy	cc
3	floppy	floppy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Weak	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bones	punct
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 bones	case
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bones	mark
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 bones	case
8	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weak	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Weak	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

I'd like boneless chicken, please.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	boneless	boneless	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chicken	compound
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 like	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
7	please	please	INTJ	_	3 like	discourse
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	would	I	boneless chicken					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chicken=Theme

Example 2

A jellyfish is completely boneless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 jellyfish	det
2	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boneless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boneless	cop
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 boneless	advmod
5	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 boneless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a jellyfish					boneless, completely property	tree rules

Example 3

Check the fish is boneless before giving it to the baby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boneless	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boneless	cop
5	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Check	ccomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 giving	mark
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Check	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 giving	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 baby	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 baby	det
11	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giving	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the fish			boneless property	tree rules
3	give	gerund	you not said here	fish	the baby		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to baby=Recipient

Example 4

The toddler went boneless and wouldn't move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toddler	det
2	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 move	cc
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 move	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 move	advmod
8	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the toddler					boneless property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not move	would	the toddler not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Octopuses are boneless so they can squeeze through tiny holes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 boneless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boneless	cop
3	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 squeeze	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 squeeze	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 squeeze	aux
7	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 boneless	advcl
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 holes	case
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 holes	amod
10	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 squeeze	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boneless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Octopuses					boneless property	tree rules
2	squeeze	can	Octopuses = octopus			tiny holes			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through hole=Trajectory

Example 6

Boneless wings are just chicken pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wings	amod
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pieces	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pieces	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 pieces	advmod
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pieces	compound
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pieces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Boneless wings	chicken pieces					tree rules

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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