colouring

Who acts: I, way, people, little sister, We, green food · What happens: add, give, colour, present, change, feel · To what, where: substance, drink, colour, something, sky, dinosaur · Speech: someone speaks here

«colouring» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: colouring in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

The colour or colours of something, especially of a person's skin, hair and eyes or an animal's fur or feathers: «a fox's red colouring».

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 colours	cc
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 colour	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 colours	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 skin	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 skin	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 skin	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 skin	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 person	case
13	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hair	punct
15	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 skin	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 eyes	cc
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 skin	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 fur	cc
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 animal	det
20	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 fur	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 animal	case
22	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	conj
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 feathers	cc
24	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 fur	conj
25	:	:	PUNCT	_	31 colouring	punct
26	«	«	PUNCT	_	31 colouring	punct
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 fox	det
28	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 colouring	nmod:poss
29	's	's	PART	_	28 fox	case
30	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 colouring	amod
31	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	appos
32	»	»	PUNCT	_	31 colouring	punct
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 colour	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A substance added to food or drink to give it colour: «food colouring».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 added	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 drink	cc
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 give	mark
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	obj
11	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 colouring	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 colouring	punct
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 colouring	compound
15	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 colouring	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 substance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	participle		a substance not said here				to food or drink	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to food=Co-Patient
2	give	to-infinitive		drink					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient colour=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

The activity of filling in pictures with crayons, pencils or pens: «a colouring book».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 activity	det
2	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 book	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 filling	case
4	filling	filling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 activity	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pictures	case
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filling	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 crayons	case
8	crayons	crayon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pictures	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pencils	punct
10	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crayons	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 pens	cc
12	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crayons	conj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 book	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 book	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 book	det
16	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 book	compound
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 book	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 book	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Usage: verb form — kept apart, not parsed.

Giving colour to something now: «I am colouring the sky blue».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Giving	obl
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Giving	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 colouring	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 colouring	nsubj
9	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 colouring	aux
10	colouring	colour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Giving	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 colouring	obj
13	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colouring	xcomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 colouring	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		colour	something		now		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Theme to something=Recipient
2	colour in a quote	present · progressive	I	the sky				blue property	tree rules

Meaning 5

Usage: noun, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The way something is presented that changes how people feel about it: «political colouring».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changes	nsubj
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 presented	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 presented	aux:pass
5	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 way	acl:relcl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 changes	nsubj
7	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 feel	advmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 changes	ccomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	obl
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 colouring	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 colouring	punct
15	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 colouring	amod
16	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changes	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 colouring	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 changes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	present	present · passive	the way not said here	something		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	change	present	the way			tree rules
3	feel	present	people		about way	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Example 1

My little sister loves her dinosaur colouring book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loves	nsubj
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dinosaur	nmod:poss
6	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loves	obj
7	colouring	colour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 loves	advcl
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 colouring	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 loves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	My little sister	sister's dinosaur					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinosaur=Stimulus
2	colour	gerund	My little sister not said here	book					tree rules

Example 2

We added green food colouring to the icing for St Patrick's Day.

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 added	nsubj
2	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 added	obj
5	colouring	colour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 food	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 icing	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 icing	det
8	icing	icing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colouring	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	13 Day	case
10	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Patrick	flat
11	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Day	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Patrick	case
13	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 icing	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 added	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	past	We	green food					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	colour	gerund	green food not said here					to the icing for St Patrick's Day	tree rules

Example 3

The tiger's striped colouring helps it hide in long grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colouring	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 tiger	case
4	striped	striped	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colouring	amod
5	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helps	nsubj
6	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 helps	obj
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 helps	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 grass	case
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grass	amod
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hide	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the tiger's striped colouring	tiger					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hide	infinitive	tiger not said here			long grass			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location

Example 4

I am colouring the sea in two shades of blue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 colouring	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 colouring	aux
3	colouring	colour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 colouring	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 shades	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 shades	nummod
8	shades	shade	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 colouring	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 blue	case
10	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shades	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 colouring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	colour	present · progressive	I	the sea		two shades of blue			tree rules

Example 5

She has her dad's colouring: red hair and freckles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colouring	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 hair	punct
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 colouring	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 freckles	cc
11	freckles	freckle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hair	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	her dad's colouring					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colouring=Patient

Example 6

Some sweets use colouring made from beetroot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 sweets	det
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	colouring	colour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 use	xcomp
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 colouring	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 beetroot	case
7	beetroot	beetroot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	use	present	some sweets		vn consume-66 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal
2	colour	gerund	some sweets not said here		tree rules
3	make	participle	some sweets not said here	beetroot	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from beetroot=Material

Example 7

Bright warning colouring tells birds that the frog is poisonous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 colouring	amod
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 colouring	compound
3	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tells	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 poisonous	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frog	det
8	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poisonous	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 poisonous	cop
10	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tells	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Bright warning colouring		birds				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient
2	is	present	the frog					poisonous property	tree rules

Example 8

Finish your colouring in and then put the pencils away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 colouring	nmod:poss
3	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finish	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	1 Finish	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 put	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 put	advmod
7	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Finish	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pencils	det
9	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 put	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	7 put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Finish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish in	imperative	you not said here	your colouring					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality colouring=Eventuality
2	put away	infinitive	you not said here	the pencils			then	away property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pencil=Goal

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