brainy

Who acts: sister, brainy kid, You, She, brainy birds, Tom · What happens: think, learn, be, build, not have, ask · To what, where: maths, robot, brainiest girl, class, Owls, Tom

«brainy» 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: brainy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Very clever and good at thinking and learning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 clever	advmod
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 good	cc
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clever	conj
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 thinking	mark
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 good	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 learning	cc
8	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 thinking	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund							vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	learn	gerund							vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Smart in a bookish way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smart	Smart	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	bookish	bookish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smart	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Smart	punct

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

Example 1

My sister is really brainy at maths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brainy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 brainy	cop
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 brainy	advmod
5	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 maths	case
7	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 brainy	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 brainy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My sister			maths		brainy property	tree rules

Example 2

The brainy kid in the film builds a robot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kid	amod
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 builds	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 film	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 film	det
6	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kid	nmod
7	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 robot	det
9	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 builds	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 builds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	the brainy kid in the film	a robot					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Product

Example 3

You don't have to be brainy to be kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 brainy	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 brainy	cop
7	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 have	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	10 kind	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 kind	cop
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brainy	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	You		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive	You not said here	brainy property	tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	You not said here	kind property	tree rules

Example 4

She's the brainiest girl in our class.

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 girl	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	brainiest	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 class	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 class	nmod:poss
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	the brainiest girl		our class			tree rules

Example 5

Owls are thought of as brainy birds in stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thought	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	aux:pass
3	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 birds	case
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 birds	case
6	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 birds	amod
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thought	obl:agent
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 stories	case
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 birds	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · passive	brainy birds in stories	Owls					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

Example 6

Ask Tom, he's brainy about dinosaurs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 brainy	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 brainy	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brainy	cop
6	brainy	brainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	parataxis
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 dinosaurs	case
8	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brainy	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Tom				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient
2	is	present	Tom					about dinosaurs; brainy property	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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