borderline

Who acts: line, test score, he, borderline, His, joke · What happens: be, decide, pass, mark, need, retake · To what, where: border, borderline, score, borderline case · Speech: someone speaks here

«borderline» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: borderline in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Only just on one side of a line between two groups or results, so it is hard to decide which: a borderline pass.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 side	advmod
2	just	just	ADV	_	5 side	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 side	nummod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 line	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 side	nmod
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 groups	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 groups	nummod
11	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 line	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 results	cc
13	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 groups	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hard	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 hard	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 hard	expl
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 hard	cop
18	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 decide	mark
20	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 hard	csubj
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 pass	nsubj
22	:	:	PUNCT	_	25 pass	punct
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 pass	det
24	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pass	compound
25	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 decide	ccomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 side	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	is	present	hard property	tree rules
2	decide	to-infinitive		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass			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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A line that marks a border.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 marks	nsubj
4	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 line	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 border	det
6	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marks	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 line	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	a line	a border					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent border=Destination

Meaning 3

Usage: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.

Close to being an illness or problem but not quite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 illness	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 Close	fixed
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 illness	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 illness	det
5	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 problem	cc
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 illness	conj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 quite	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 quite	advmod
10	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 illness	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 illness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						close a illness or problem	tree rules

Example 1

His test score was borderline, so he might need to retake it.

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	3 score	nmod:poss
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 score	compound
3	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 borderline	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 borderline	cop
5	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 need	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 need	aux
10	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 borderline	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 retake	mark
12	retake	retake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 need	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 retake	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 borderline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	His test score	borderline	tree rules
2	need	might	he	borderline not said here	tree rules
3	retake not said to happen	to-infinitive	borderline not said here	score	tree rules
4	score		His = he		nom score «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

That joke was borderline mean.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 joke	det
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 borderline	cop
4	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joke	conj
5	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that joke and borderline not said here	borderline					tree rules
2	mean	present	that joke and borderline						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She was a borderline case for the team.

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	5 case	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 case	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 case	det
4	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 case	compound
5	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 team	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 case	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 case	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a borderline case				for the team	tree rules

Example 4

The doctor said Grandad's sugar levels are borderline.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 levels	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Grandad	case
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 levels	compound
7	levels	level	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 borderline	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 borderline	cop
9	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the doctor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Grandad's sugar levels	borderline					tree rules

Example 5

Draw a borderline between the two fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 borderline	det
3	borderline	borderline	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	7 fields	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fields	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 fields	nummod
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 borderline	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	imperative	you not said here	a borderline				between the two fields	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent borderline=Theme

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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