bonny
Who acts: She, It, Grandma, I, They · What happens: look, be, say, not see · To what, where: bonny wee lass, bonny day, bonny, bonny man · Speech: someone speaks here
«bonny» 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: bonny in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: Scotland, northern England — kept apart, not parsed.
Pretty or attractive.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 3 attractive | advmod |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 attractive | cc |
| 3 | attractive | attractive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 attractive | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.
Healthy-looking, especially a plump, healthy baby.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looking | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Healthy | punct |
| 3 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 baby | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 baby | punct |
| 5 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 10 baby | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 baby | det |
| 7 | plump | plump | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 baby | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 plump | punct |
| 9 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 baby | amod |
| 10 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 baby | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 1
What a bonny baby!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 4 baby | det:predet |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 3 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 baby | compound |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 baby | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
She's a bonny wee lass.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lass | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lass | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lass | det |
| 4 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lass | compound |
| 5 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lass | amod |
| 6 | lass | lass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lass | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | She | a bonny wee lass | tree rules |
Example 3
The bonny banks of Loch Lomond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 banks | det |
| 2 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banks | compound |
| 3 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Loch | case |
| 5 | Loch | Loch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 banks | nmod |
| 6 | Lomond | Lomond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Loch | flat |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 banks | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 4
It's a bonny day for a walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 day | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | compound |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 walk | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 walk | det |
| 8 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a bonny day | for a walk | tree rules |
Example 5
Grandma says I'm looking bonny today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 looking | nsubj |
| 4 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 looking | aux |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looking | obj |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looking | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Grandma | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | look | present · progressive | I | bonny | today | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bonny=Attribute |
Example 6
They never saw such a bonny man before.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 saw | advmod |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 man | det:predet |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 6 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 man | compound |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADV | _ | 3 saw | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past | They | such bonny man | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=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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