dank

Who acts: dungeon, dank smell, Moss, tunnels, house, new game · What happens: smell, be, come, grow, feel, say · To what, where: old cellar, dank walls, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here

«dank» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: dank in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Unpleasantly cold, wet and stale-smelling: «a dank cellar».

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unpleasantly	unpleasantly	ADV	_	4 wet	advmod
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wet	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 smelling	cc
6	stale	stale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smelling	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 stale	punct
8	smelling	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 wet	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 cellar	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 cellar	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cellar	det
12	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cellar	amod
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wet	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 cellar	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	gerund							vn smell_emission-43.3 «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

Usage: slang, mostly US, young people — kept apart, not parsed.

Excellent, cool.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cool	punct
3	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Excellent	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Excellent	punct

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

Example 1

The dungeon was dark and dank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dungeon	det
2	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dark	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dark	cop
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dank	cc
6	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dark	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dungeon					dark property	tree rules
2	be		the dungeon not said here						tree rules

Example 2

A dank smell came from the old cellar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 smell	det
2	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smell	amod
3	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 cellar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cellar	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cellar	amod
8	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a dank smell			the old cellar			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cellar=Initial_Location

Example 3

Moss grew on the dank walls of the tunnel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moss	moss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 walls	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
5	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walls	amod
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grew	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tunnel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tunnel	det
9	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walls	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Moss			the dank walls of the tunnel			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wall=Location

Example 4

The Mole's tunnels felt dank in winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tunnels	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mole	case
4	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 felt	nsubj
5	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 felt	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 felt	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the Mole's tunnels				winter	dank property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

The house was dank after the flood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the house				after the flood	dank property	tree rules

Example 6

(slang) «That new game is dank!» said my cousin.

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 dank	punct
5	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 game	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 game	amod
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dank	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dank	cop
9	dank	dank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slang	parataxis
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 dank	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 dank	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 cousin	nmod:poss
14	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that new game					dank property	tree rules
2	say speech: express	past	slang	my cousin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cousin=Topic

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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