colourful Who acts: Colourful, parrot, We, market, Coral reefs, room · What happens: mean, have, paint, be, tell, use · To what, where: many bright colours, colourful feathers, colourful rainbow, colourful character, funny stories, bright colours · Speech: someone speaks here
«colourful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: colourful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Colourful means having many bright colours.
nsubj xcomp amod amod obj punct root Colourful ADJ means VERB having VERB many ADJ bright ADJ colours NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 colours amod 5 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 6 colours amod 6 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 3 having obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Colourful vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 have not said to happen gerund Colourful not said here many bright colours vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient
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 Colourful means interesting, lively and exciting, like a colourful character or story.
The tree, 12 words nsubj xcomp punct conj cc conj punct case det amod parataxis cc conj punct root Colourful ADJ means VERB interesting ADJ , PUNCT lively ADJ and CCONJ exciting ADJ , PUNCT like ADP a DET colourful ADJ character NOUN or CCONJ story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 interesting interesting ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 lively punct 5 lively lively ADJ Degree=Pos 3 interesting conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 exciting cc 7 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 3 interesting conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 character punct 9 like like ADP _ 12 character case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 character det 11 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 12 character amod 12 character character NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 story cc 14 story story NOUN Number=Sing 12 character conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Colourful interesting property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The parrot has colourful feathers.
det nsubj amod obj punct root The DET parrot NOUN has VERB colourful ADJ feathers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 parrot det 2 parrot parrot NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feathers amod 5 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the parrot colourful feathers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
Example 2 We painted a colourful rainbow.
nsubj det amod obj punct root We PRON painted VERB a DET colourful ADJ rainbow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 painted nsubj 2 painted paint VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 rainbow det 4 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 rainbow amod 5 rainbow rainbow NOUN Number=Sing 2 painted obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 painted punct
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1 paint past We a colourful rainbow vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rainbow=Destination
Example 3 The market was busy and colourful.
det nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET market NOUN was AUX busy ADJ and CCONJ colourful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 market det 2 market market NOUN Number=Sing 4 busy nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 busy cop 4 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 colourful cc 6 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 busy conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 busy punct
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1 is past the market busy property tree rules 2 be the market not said here tree rules
Example 4 Coral reefs are full of colourful fish.
compound nsubj cop case amod obl punct root Coral NOUN reefs NOUN are AUX full ADJ of ADP colourful ADJ fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Coral coral NOUN _ 2 reefs compound 2 reefs reef NOUN Number=Plur 4 full nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 fish case 6 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fish amod 7 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 4 full obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is present Coral reefs of colourful fish; full property tree rules
Example 5 Her room is very colourful.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod punct root Her PRON room NOUN is AUX very ADV colourful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 room nmod:poss 2 room room NOUN Number=Sing 5 colourful nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 colourful cop 4 very very ADV _ 5 colourful advmod 5 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 colourful punct
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1 is present Her room colourful property tree rules
Example 6 Grandpa is a colourful character who tells funny stories.
nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl amod obj punct root Grandpa NOUN is AUX a DET colourful ADJ character NOUN who PRON tells VERB funny ADJ stories NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa grandpa NOUN Number=Sing 5 character nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 character cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 character det 4 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 character amod 5 character character NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 tells nsubj 7 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 character acl:relcl 8 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 9 stories amod 9 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 7 tells obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 character punct
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1 is a present Grandpa a colourful character tree rules 2 tell speech: assert present a colourful character funny stories vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
Example 7 Some colourful animals use bright colours to warn they are poisonous.
det amod nsubj amod obj mark advcl nsubj cop ccomp punct root Some DET colourful ADJ animals NOUN use VERB bright ADJ colours NOUN to PART warn VERB they PRON are AUX poisonous ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 animals det 2 colourful colourful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 animals amod 3 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 4 use nsubj 4 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 6 colours amod 6 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 4 use obj 7 to to PART _ 8 warn mark 8 warn warn VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 use advcl 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 poisonous nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 poisonous cop 11 poisonous poisonous ADJ Degree=Pos 8 warn ccomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 use punct
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1 use present some colourful animals bright colours vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient 2 warn speech: warn to-infinitive some colourful animals not said here vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent 3 is present animals = animal poisonous property tree rules
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