bristly
Who acts: chin, back, new brush, caterpillar, headteacher · What happens: cover, get, be, have, not touch · To what, where: bristly hairs, caterpillar
«bristly» 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: bristly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Covered with short, stiff hairs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 hairs | case |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hairs | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 short | punct |
| 5 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hairs | amod |
| 6 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Covered | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Covered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | with short stiff hairs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hair=Theme |
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
Stiff and rough like bristles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stiff | stiff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 rough | cc |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stiff | conj |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 bristles | case |
| 5 | bristles | bristle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rough | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stiff | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Easily annoyed or quick to get angry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easily | easily | ADV | _ | 2 annoyed | advmod |
| 2 | annoyed | annoyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 quick | cc |
| 4 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 annoyed | conj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 quick | advcl |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 annoyed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 1
Dad's chin is bristly in the morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Dad | case |
| 3 | chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bristly | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bristly | cop |
| 5 | bristly | bristly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bristly | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bristly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad's chin | morning | bristly property | tree rules |
Example 2
A hedgehog's back is bristly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hedgehog | det |
| 2 | hedgehog | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 hedgehog | case |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bristly | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bristly | cop |
| 6 | bristly | bristly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bristly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a hedgehog's back | bristly property | tree rules |
Example 3
The new brush is very bristly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brush | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brush | amod |
| 3 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bristly | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bristly | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 bristly | advmod |
| 6 | bristly | bristly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bristly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the new brush | bristly property | tree rules |
Example 4
The caterpillar had bristly hairs – don't touch it!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caterpillar | det |
| 2 | caterpillar | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bristly | bristly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hairs | amod |
| 5 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | – | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 touch | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 touch | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 touch | advmod |
| 9 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 had | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | obj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the caterpillar | bristly hairs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not touch | infinitive · do-support | the caterpillar not said here | caterpillar | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
Example 5
The headteacher was a bit bristly today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 headteacher | det |
| 2 | headteacher | headteacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bristly | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bristly | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bristly | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | bristly | bristly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bristly | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bristly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the headteacher | today | a bit obl:unmarked; bristly 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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