brown

Who acts: Brown, outside, She, many, 9 brown cows, leaves · What happens: be, turn, have, fall, wrap, add · To what, where: colour, 4 brown dogs, barn, brown hair, parcel, brown paper

«brown» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: brown in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Brown is the colour of chocolate, wood or soil.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brown	Brown	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 colour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 colour	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 chocolate	case
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wood	punct
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 soil	cc
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wood	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 colour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Brown	the colour and wood or soil				of chocolate	tree rules

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

To brown food is to cook it until its outside turns brown, like toast or onions.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 food	case
2	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 food	amod
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cook	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cook	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cook	mark
6	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cook	obj
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 turns	mark
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 outside	nmod:poss
10	outside	outside	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turns	nsubj
11	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cook	advcl
12	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 turns	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 toast	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 toast	case
15	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turns	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 onions	cc
17	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 toast	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to brown food; cook property	tree rules
2	turn	present	food's outside					like toast or onions; brown property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

There are 12 brown and 7 white eggs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 brown	obl:unmarked
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 are	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 eggs	cc
6	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 eggs	nummod
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eggs	amod
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brown	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	brown and 7 white eggs			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

She has 4 brown dogs and 2 black dogs.

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 dogs	nummod
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dogs	amod
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dogs	cc
7	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 dogs	nummod
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dogs	amod
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dogs	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	4 brown dogs and 2 black dogs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Example 3

How many of the 30 bears are brown?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brown	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 bears	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bears	det
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 bears	nummod
6	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 many	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brown	cop
8	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	many of the 30 bears					brown property	tree rules

Example 4

9 brown cows are in the barn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 cows	nummod
2	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cows	amod
3	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 barn	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 barn	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 barn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 barn	det
7	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 barn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	9 brown cows			the barn			tree rules

Example 5

The leaves turn brown and fall in autumn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaves	det
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 turn	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fall	cc
6	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 autumn	case
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fall	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	the leaves					brown property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present	the leaves not said here				autumn		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

He has brown hair and brown eyes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hair	amod
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eyes	cc
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 eyes	amod
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hair	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	brown hair and brown eyes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Example 7

Wrap the parcel in brown paper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parcel	det
3	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 paper	case
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 paper	amod
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrap	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wrap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	imperative	you not said here	the parcel		brown paper			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme in paper=Destination

Example 8

Brown the onions in a pan before adding the soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brown	Brown	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 onions	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 onions	det
3	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pan	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pan	det
6	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 onions	nmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 adding	mark
8	adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 pan	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soup	det
10	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adding	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 onions	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund	a pan not said here	the soup					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient

Example 9

What beautiful brown spots on your face!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spots	amod
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spots	amod
4	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 What	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spots	nmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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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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