briny
Who acts: Briny, Crabs, We · What happens: mean, splash, live, sail out · To what, where: sea, briny sea, rocks, briny water, briny
«briny» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: briny in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Briny means salty, like sea water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Briny | briny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 water | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | compound |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 salty | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Briny | salty 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.
Meaning 2
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
«The briny» means the sea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 briny | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 briny | det |
| 3 | briny | briny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 briny | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | the briny | the sea | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Topic |
Example 1
The briny sea splashed on the rocks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sea | det |
| 2 | briny | briny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sea | amod |
| 3 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | splashed | splash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sea | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 rocks | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rocks | det |
| 7 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 splashed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | splash | participle | the briny sea not said here | the rocks | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
Example 2
Crabs live in briny water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crabs | crab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | briny | briny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 live | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Crabs | briny water | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
Example 3
We sailed out onto the briny.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 sailed | advmod |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 6 briny | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 briny | det |
| 6 | briny | briny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sailed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sailed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail out | past | We | the briny | out property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent onto briny=Trajectory |
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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