delicious

Who acts: Delicious, apple pie, Something, strawberries, We, Fresh bread · What happens: mean, taste, smell, describe, be, thank · To what, where: anything, kitchen, you, delicious picnic, park, cinema

«delicious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: delicious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Delicious means tasting or smelling very good.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tasting	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 smelling	cc
5	smelling	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tasting	conj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 good	advmod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tasting	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mean	present	Delicious	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	taste not said to happen	gerund	Delicious not said here	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	smell	gerund	Delicious not said here	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

Delicious can describe anything very pleasant, like «a delicious feeling of being warm».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 describe	amod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 describe	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 pleasant	advmod
6	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 anything	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 feeling	punct
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 feeling	mark
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 feeling	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feeling	det
11	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feeling	amod
12	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 warm	case
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 warm	cop
15	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feeling	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 warm	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can		anything				a delicious feeling obl	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
2	is in a quote	gerund						warm property	tree rules

Example 1

This apple pie is delicious!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 pie	det
2	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pie	compound
3	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delicious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 delicious	cop
5	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 delicious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this apple pie					delicious property	tree rules

Example 2

Something smells delicious in the kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 smells	nsubj
2	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smells	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smells	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Something			the kitchen		delicious property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Thank you for the delicious dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dinner	det
5	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dinner	amod
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thank	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			you			for the delicious dinner	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for dinner=Attribute

Example 4

The strawberries were sweet and delicious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 5

We had a delicious picnic in the park.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 picnic	det
4	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 picnic	amod
5	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picnic	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	a delicious picnic		the park			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Patient

Example 6

Fresh bread is delicious when it is still warm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bread	amod
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delicious	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 delicious	cop
4	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 warm	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warm	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 warm	cop
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 warm	advmod
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 delicious	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 delicious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fresh bread					delicious property	tree rules
2	is	present	bread				still	warm property	tree rules

Example 7

The delicious smell of popcorn filled the cinema.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 smell	det
2	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smell	amod
3	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 popcorn	case
5	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smell	nmod
6	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cinema	det
8	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 filled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past	the delicious smell of popcorn	the cinema					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cinema=Patient
2	smell		popcorn						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 8

Ah, what delicious cakes he saw standing there!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	7 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ah	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 saw	obj
4	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cakes	amod
5	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 saw	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 saw	xcomp
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 standing	advmod
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	delicious cakes						tree rules
2	stand	gerund	delicious cakes not said here			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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