dainty

Who acts: dainty, dainty bite, She, fairy, Mum · What happens: be, have, wear, serve · To what, where: small tasty treat, dainty hands, dainty silver crown, little dainties, plate

«dainty» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: dainty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Small, neat, pretty and delicate: dainty feet, a dainty silver crown.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 neat	punct
3	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pretty	punct
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 delicate	cc
7	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 feet	punct
9	dainty	dainty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 crown	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 crown	det
13	dainty	dainty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 crown	amod
14	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crown	compound
15	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feet	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 feet	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: of food — kept apart, not parsed.

small and tasty, a little bite; a «dainty» is a small tasty treat.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bite	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 tasty	cc
3	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 small	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bite	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bite	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bite	amod
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 treat	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dainty	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 dainty	punct
11	dainty	dainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 treat	nsubj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 dainty	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 treat	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 treat	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 treat	amod
16	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 treat	amod
17	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dainty	a small tasty treat					tree rules

Example 1

Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Here	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bite	det
4	dainty	dainty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bite	amod
5	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 breakfast	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 breakfast	nmod:poss
8	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a dainty bite for my breakfast					here property	tree rules

Example 2

She had dainty hands and tiny feet.

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	dainty	dainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hands	compound
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feet	cc
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feet	amod
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hands	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	dainty hands and tiny feet					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Example 3

The fairy wore a dainty silver crown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
5	dainty	dainty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crown	amod
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crown	compound
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the fairy	a dainty silver crown					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme

Example 4

Mum served little dainties on a plate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dainties	amod
4	dainties	dainty	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 served	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 plate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plate	det
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 served	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 served	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	Mum	little dainties		a plate			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dainty=Attribute

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