changeful
Who acts: Changeful, Morpheus, changeful god, sea, Ahti · What happens: mean, change, not stay, be, take, like · To what, where: same, changeful god, shape, next
«changeful» 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: changeful in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Changeful means often changing, not staying the same for long.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changeful | Changeful | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | often | often | ADV | _ | 4 changing | advmod |
| 4 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 staying | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 staying | advmod |
| 7 | staying | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 changing | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 same | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 staying | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 long | case |
| 11 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 staying | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Changeful | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change not said to happen | gerund | Changeful not said here | often property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not stay | gerund | Changeful not said here | the same | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme same=Location |
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
Morpheus is a changeful god who can take any shape he likes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morpheus | Morpheus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 god | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 god | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 god | det |
| 4 | changeful | changeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 god | amod |
| 5 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 god | acl:relcl |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 shape | det |
| 10 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 likes | nsubj |
| 12 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 shape | acl:relcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 god | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Morpheus | a changeful god | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | can | a changeful god | any shape | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | ||||
| 3 | like | present | Morpheus | any shape not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shape=Theme |
Example 2
The sea was changeful, calm one moment and stormy the next.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sea | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changeful | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 changeful | cop |
| 4 | changeful | changeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 calm | punct |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 changeful | conj |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 moment | nummod |
| 8 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 calm | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stormy | cc |
| 10 | stormy | stormy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 changeful | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 next | det |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stormy | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 changeful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sea | changeful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the sea not said here | moment | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | stormy | past | the sea not said here | the next | tree rules |
Example 3
Ahti is changeful and touchy, so be careful with him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahti | Ahti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 changeful | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 changeful | cop |
| 3 | changeful | changeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 touchy | cc |
| 5 | touchy | touchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 changeful | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 careful | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 careful | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 careful | cop |
| 9 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 changeful | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 careful | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 changeful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ahti | changeful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Ahti not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | Ahti not said here | with Ahti; careful 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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