downy

Who acts: duckling, Dandelion seeds · What happens: have, look, cover · To what, where: downy yellow feathers, head

«downy» 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: downy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

soft and fluffy, like the fine, light feathers of a young bird.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fluffy	cc
3	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 soft	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feathers	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	10 feathers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feathers	det
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feathers	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
9	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feathers	amod
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 soft	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 bird	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bird	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bird	amod
14	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feathers	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 soft	punct

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

Example 1

The duckling had downy yellow feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duckling	det
2	duckling	duckling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	downy	downy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feathers	amod
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feathers	amod
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the duckling	downy yellow feathers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient

Example 2

Dandelion seeds look soft and downy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeds	compound
2	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 look	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 downy	cc
6	downy	downy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soft	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Dandelion seeds					soft property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

The baby's head was covered with downy hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 head	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 baby	case
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 covered	aux:pass
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hair	case
8	downy	downy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covered	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the baby's head				with downy hair	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with hair=Theme

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