brolly
Who acts: you, brolly, Gran, I · What happens: not forget, blow out, not leave, share, leave · To what, where: brolly, wind, bus
«brolly» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: brolly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: UK, Australia, NZ, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
An umbrella.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 umbrella | det |
| 2 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 umbrella | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Don't forget your brolly!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 forget | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 forget | advmod |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brolly | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 forget | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forget | imperative · do-support | you not said here | your brolly | tree rules |
Example 2
My brolly blew inside out in the wind.
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 brolly | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | nsubj |
| 3 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 blew | advmod |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 blew | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 wind | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wind | det |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow out | past | My brolly | the wind | inside, out property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Example 3
Gran never leaves home without a brolly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 leaves | advmod |
| 3 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 leaves | advmod |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 brolly | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brolly | det |
| 7 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaves | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 leaves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | present | Gran | without a brolly; home property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
Can I share your brolly?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 share | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 share | nsubj |
| 3 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brolly | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | can | I | your brolly | tree rules |
Example 5
I left my brolly on the bus.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brolly | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brolly | brolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 bus | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bus | det |
| 7 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | I | my brolly | the bus | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent brolly=Theme on bus=Location |
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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