dapper
Who acts: dapper, He, dapper mouse · What happens: come in, wear, ride · To what, where: dapper blue coat
«dapper» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: dapper in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Neat, smart and trim in dress and movement, often small and quick.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neat | neat | INTJ | _ | 3 smart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 smart | punct |
| 3 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 trim | cc |
| 5 | trim | trim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smart | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 dress | case |
| 7 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smart | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 movement | cc |
| 9 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dress | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 small | punct |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 small | advmod |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smart | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 quick | cc |
| 14 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 small | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smart | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
A dapper little old man came in.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dapper | det |
| 2 | dapper | dapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dapper | conj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | a dapper and little old man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
He wore a dapper blue coat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coat | det |
| 4 | dapper | dapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coat | compound |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coat | amod |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | He | a dapper blue coat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Example 3
The dapper mouse rode proudly on his horse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mouse | det |
| 2 | dapper | dapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mouse | compound |
| 3 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 4 rode | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 horse | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 horse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the dapper mouse | on mouse's horse; proudly property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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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