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cirrus

Who acts: Cirrus, Cirrus clouds, people, you, your, weather · What happens: be, make, look, streak, call, draw · To what, where: thin white cloud, sky, Thin cirrus clouds, blue sky, Cirrus clouds, highest common clouds · Speech: someone speaks here

«cirrus» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: cirrus in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Cirrus is a thin, wispy, white cloud high up in the sky, made of tiny ice crystals.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cloud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cloud	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloud	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cloud	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thin	punct
6	wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 white	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wispy	punct
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cloud	amod
9	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 up	advmod
11	up	up	ADV	_	9 cloud	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cloud	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 made	punct
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 cloud	acl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 crystals	case
18	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 crystals	amod
19	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 crystals	compound
20	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 made	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cloud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cirrus	a thin white cloud		the sky			tree rules
2	make	participle		a thin white cloud not said here				of tiny ice crystals	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Cirrus clouds can look like feathers or horses' tails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 look	aux
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 feathers	case
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tails	cc
8	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tails	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 horses	case
10	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feathers	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	can	Cirrus clouds					like feathers or horses's tails	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

Thin cirrus clouds streaked across the blue sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clouds	amod
2	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clouds	compound
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	streaked	streak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 clouds	acl
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
7	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sky	amod
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 streaked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clouds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	streak	participle		Thin cirrus clouds not said here		the blue sky			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory

Example 2

Cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 crystals	case
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crystals	compound
7	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Cirrus clouds				of ice crystals	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 3

Cirrus clouds are the highest common clouds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 clouds	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 clouds	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clouds	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 clouds	amod
6	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clouds	amod
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 clouds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cirrus clouds	the highest common clouds					tree rules

Example 4

Some people call cirrus clouds «mares' tails».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	nsubj
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clouds	compound
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 mares	punct
7	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	parataxis
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 mares	punct
9	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mares	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 mares	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	some people	cirrus clouds					tree rules

Example 5

Draw a cirrus cloud on your weather chart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloud	det
3	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cloud	compound
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 chart	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chart	nmod:poss
7	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chart	compound
8	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cloud	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	imperative	you not said here	a cirrus cloud		your weather chart			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme on chart=Destination
2	chart		your						nom chart «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Cirrus clouds can mean the weather will change soon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weather	det
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 change	aux
8	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mean	ccomp
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 change	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Cirrus clouds						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	change	future	the weather					soon property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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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