burnished

Who acts: it, sun, He · What happens: burnish, mean, polish, shine, lit up · To what, where: burnished silver spoon, blade, lake

«burnished» 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: burnished in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Burnished means polished until it shines brightly, like metal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burnished	burnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	xcomp
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 shines	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shines	nsubj
6	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
7	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	6 shines	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 metal	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 metal	case
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shines	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	burnish	participle			tree rules
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	polish not said to happen	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
4	shine	present	it	like metal; brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Example 1

The sun lit up the burnished silver spoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sun	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 lit	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoon	det
6	burnished	burnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 spoon	amod
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spoon	compound
8	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lit	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit up	participle	the sun not said here	the burnished silver spoon					tree rules
2	burnish	participle							tree rules

Example 2

He polished the blade until it was burnished.

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 polished	nsubj
2	polished	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blade	det
4	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 polished	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 burnished	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 burnished	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 burnished	aux:pass
8	burnished	burnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 polished	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 polished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	past	He	the blade					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent blade=Destination
2	burnish	past · passive		blade					tree rules

Example 3

The lake shone like burnished silver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lake	det
2	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lake	acl
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 silver	case
5	burnished	burnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 silver	amod
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shone	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	participle		the lake not said here				like burnished silver	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	burnish	participle							tree rules

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