creaky

Who acts: creaky stairs, we, old house, Grandad, knees, Dad · What happens: make, squeak, move, step on, not work, not put together · To what, where: long squeaking sound, date, us, creaky gate, creaky door, ages · Speech: someone speaks here

«creaky» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: creaky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Making a long, high, squeaking sound when moved or stepped on: «a creaky door», «creaky stairs».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sound	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sound	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 high	punct
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 squeaking	punct
7	squeaking	squeak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sound	amod
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 moved	advmod
10	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Making	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 stepped	cc
12	stepped	step	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 moved	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 stepped	compound:prt
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 door	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 door	det
17	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 door	amod
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 door	punct
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 stairs	punct
21	«	«	PUNCT	_	23 stairs	punct
22	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 stairs	amod
23	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 door	conj
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 door	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	a long squeaking sound	a creaky door and creaky stairs obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	squeak	gerund			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	move	participle			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	step on	participle			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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

Old and not working as well as before: «creaky knees», «a creaky old computer».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 working	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 working	advmod
4	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Old	conj
5	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	4 working	advmod
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 as	fixed
7	as	as	ADP	_	5 as	fixed
8	before	before	ADV	_	5 as	advmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Old	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 knees	punct
11	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 knees	amod
12	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Old	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 knees	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 computer	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 computer	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 computer	det
17	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 computer	amod
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 computer	amod
19	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knees	appos
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 computer	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: of plans or systems — kept apart, not parsed.

Weak, out of date or not well put together: «a creaky plan».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weak	Weak	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 date	punct
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 date	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 date	case
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weak	appos
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 put	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 put	advmod
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 put	advmod
9	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 date	acl:relcl
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 put	advmod
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 put	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 plan	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 plan	det
14	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 plan	amod
15	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 plan	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Weak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not put together	participle		date not said here				together, well property	tree rules

Example 1

The creaky stairs gave us away when we sneaked down at night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stairs	det
2	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stairs	amod
3	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 sneaked	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 sneaked	nsubj
9	sneaked	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	advcl
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 sneaked	compound:prt
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sneaked	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	past	the creaky stairs		us			away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent we=Theme
2	sneak down	past	we				night		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The old house was full of creaky floorboards.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 floorboards	case
7	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 floorboards	amod
8	floorboards	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old house					of creaky floorboards; full property	tree rules

Example 3

Grandad says his knees are getting creaky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knees	nmod:poss
4	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 getting	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
7	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 getting	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · progressive	Grandad's knees					creaky property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

Dad oiled the creaky gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oiled	nsubj
2	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gate	amod
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oiled	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 oiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	past	Dad	the creaky gate					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent gate=Destination

Example 5

We heard a creaky door open in the dark.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 door	det
4	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 door	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heard	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 open	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	a creaky door				open property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus

Example 6

Our creaky old laptop takes ages to start.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 laptop	nmod:poss
2	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 laptop	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 laptop	amod
4	laptop	laptop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 takes	nsubj
5	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 takes	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 takes	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Our creaky old laptop	ages					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme
2	start	to-infinitive	Our creaky old laptop not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 7

The plan was a bit creaky, but it worked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creaky	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 creaky	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creaky	obl:unmarked
6	creaky	creaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worked	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 worked	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worked	nsubj
10	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 creaky	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 creaky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the plan					a bit obl:unmarked; creaky property	tree rules
2	work	past	plan						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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