bulky
Who acts: two bulky men, She, parcel · What happens: carry, turn, roll, be · To what, where: school, bulky Fenian
«bulky» 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: bulky in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Large, heavy and awkward in shape or size; hard to carry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heavy | punct |
| 3 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Large | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 awkward | cc |
| 5 | awkward | awkward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Large | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shape | case |
| 7 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 awkward | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 size | cc |
| 9 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shape | conj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 hard | punct |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Large | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 carry | mark |
| 13 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hard | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Large | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | to-infinitive | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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 two bulky men turned towards the school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 men | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 men | nummod |
| 3 | bulky | bulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 men | amod |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 school | det |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the two bulky men | the school | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards school=Trajectory |
Example 2
She rolled a bulky Fenian like a wheel.
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 rolled | nsubj |
| 2 | rolled | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Fenian | det |
| 4 | bulky | bulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Fenian | amod |
| 5 | Fenian | Fenian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 rolled | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 wheel | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wheel | det |
| 8 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rolled | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rolled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | past | She | a bulky Fenian | like a wheel | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fenian=Agent |
Example 3
The parcel was too bulky to carry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parcel | det |
| 2 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bulky | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bulky | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 bulky | advmod |
| 5 | bulky | bulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 carry | mark |
| 7 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bulky | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bulky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the parcel | bulky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | the parcel not said here | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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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