brindled
Who acts: Brindled, brindled cow · What happens: mean, give, lie, sleep · To what, where: milk, us, hen, brindled cat
«brindled» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: brindled in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brindled | brindled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 grey | cc |
| 5 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brown | conj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 streaks | case |
| 7 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 streaks | amod |
| 8 | streaks | streak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grey | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 stripes | cc |
| 10 | stripes | stripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 streaks | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 coat | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 coat | det |
| 13 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stripes | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Brindled | brown property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Example 1
The brindled cow gave us milk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cow | det |
| 2 | brindled | brindled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cow | amod |
| 3 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the brindled cow | milk | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient milk=Theme |
Example 2
By the stove lay a hen and a brindled cow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 stove | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stove | det |
| 3 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obl |
| 4 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cow | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cow | det |
| 9 | brindled | brindled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cow | amod |
| 10 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hen | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | a hen and a brindled cow | by the stove | tree rules |
Example 3
The brindled cat slept by the fire.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | brindled | brindled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | slept | sleep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cat | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 fire | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fire | det |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slept | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | participle | the brindled cat not said here | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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