clayey

Who acts: sticky soil, Swallows, Clayey ground · What happens: make, be, stick, dig · To what, where: clayey soil, nests, clayey bank, wet weather

«clayey» 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: clayey in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Made	obl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 full	cc
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Made	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 clay	case
6	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 soil	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soil	det
9	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soil	amod
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clay	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 wet	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wet	cop
13	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soil	acl:relcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hard	cc
15	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wet	conj
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 dry	mark
17	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wet	advcl
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 soil	punct
19	clayey	clayey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 soil	amod
20	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clay	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	participle			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is	present	the sticky soil	wet property	tree rules
3	be		the sticky soil not said here		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.

Example 1

The clayey soil stuck to our boots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soil	det
2	clayey	clayey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soil	amod
3	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 soil	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 boots	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 boots	nmod:poss
7	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 soil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	participle		the clayey soil not said here				to our boots	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to boot=Co-Patient

Example 2

Swallows dug their nests in the clayey bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nests	nmod:poss
4	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
7	clayey	clayey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bank	amod
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	Swallows	Swallows's nests		the clayey bank			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nest=Theme in bank=Location

Example 3

Clayey ground is hard to dig in wet weather.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clayey	clayey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ground	amod
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hard	cop
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 dig	mark
6	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 weather	case
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 weather	amod
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dig	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Clayey ground					hard property	tree rules
2	dig	to-infinitive	Clayey ground not said here			wet weather			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in weather=Location

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