complexion

Who acts: She, cold, whole complexion, stranger · What happens: look, have, make, change, arrive · To what, where: fair complexion, complexion

«complexion» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: complexion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The natural colour and look of a person's skin, especially on the face.

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	3 colour	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 colour	amod
3	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 look	cc
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 colour	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 skin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 face	punct
12	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 face	advmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 face	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 face	det
15	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 colour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive						of a person's skin and the face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of skin=Theme

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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The general character or look of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
2	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 character	amod
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 look	cc
5	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 character	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 look	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 character	punct

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

Example 1

She had a fair complexion and rosy cheeks.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 complexion	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 complexion	amod
5	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cheeks	cc
7	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cheeks	amod
8	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 complexion	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	a fair complexion and rosy cheeks					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent complexion=Patient

Example 2

The cold made his complexion pale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cold	det
2	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 complexion	nmod:poss
5	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the cold	cold's complexion				pale property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset complexion=Product

Example 3

The whole complexion of the story changed when the stranger arrived.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 complexion	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 complexion	amod
3	complexion	complexion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 story	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 complexion	nmod
7	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 arrived	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arrived	nsubj
11	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the whole complexion of the story						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	arrive	past	the stranger						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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