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drab

Who acts: classroom, we, female duck, male, She, town · What happens: look, put up, be, wear, turn, want · To what, where: paintings, drab grey coat, drab room, drab, space, mire

«drab» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: drab in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dull and boring, with no bright colours or interest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colours	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 boring	cc
3	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Dull	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 colours	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 colours	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 colours	det
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colours	amod
8	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 interest	cc
10	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 colours	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 colours	punct

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

Meaning 2

Grey or brownish in colour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 brownish	cc
3	brownish	brownish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grey	conj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 colour	case
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brownish	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grey	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: of life or a place — kept apart, not parsed.

Without fun or excitement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 fun	case
2	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 excitement	cc
4	excitement	excitement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fun	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fun	punct

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

Example 1

The classroom looked drab until we put up our paintings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 classroom	det
2	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 put	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 put	nsubj
7	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looked	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 put	compound:prt
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 paintings	nmod:poss
10	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 put	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the classroom					drab property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	put up	past	we	our paintings					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent painting=Goal

Example 2

The female duck is drab brown, but the male is bright green.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 duck	det
2	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 duck	amod
3	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brown	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 brown	cop
5	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brown	amod
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 green	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 green	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 male	det
10	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 green	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 green	cop
12	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 green	amod
13	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brown	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 brown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the female duck					brown property	tree rules
2	is	present	the male					green property	tree rules

Example 3

She wore a drab grey coat.

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 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	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coat	amod
5	grey	grey	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	She	a drab grey coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Example 4

The town looked drab in the winter rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rain	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rain	compound
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the town					in the winter rain; drab property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in rain=Theme

Example 5

Our new wallpaper turned a drab room into a happy one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wallpaper	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wallpaper	amod
3	wallpaper	wallpaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 room	det
6	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 room	amod
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Our new wallpaper	a drab room				into a happy one	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent room=Theme into one=Trajectory

Example 6

He wanted to escape his drab, boring life.

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 escape	mark
4	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 drab	nmod:poss
6	drab	drab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 escape	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 life	punct
8	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drab	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his drab and boring life					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drab=Initial_Location

Example 7

Drab feathers help birds hide from foxes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drab	drab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feathers	compound
2	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	nsubj
5	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 help	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 foxes	case
7	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Drab feathers						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hide	present	birds					from foxes	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from fox=Beneficiary

Example 8

She now came to a space of marshy ground in the wood, where large, fat water-snakes were rolling in the mire, and showing their ugly, drab-colored bodies.

The tree, 29 words

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	3 came	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 came	advmod
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 space	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 space	det
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	marshy	marshy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ground	amod
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 space	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 wood	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wood	det
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ground	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 large	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 large	advmod
15	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wood	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 rolling	punct
17	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 snakes	amod
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 snakes	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 water	punct
20	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 rolling	nsubj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 rolling	aux
22	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 large	advcl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 mire	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 mire	det
25	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 rolling	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 showing	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 showing	cc
28	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 came	advcl
29	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 bodies	nmod:poss
30	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 bodies	amod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 ugly	punct
32	drab	drab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 colored	compound
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 drab	punct
34	colored	color	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 bodies	amod
35	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 showing	obj
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	She			a space of marshy ground in the wood	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to space=Initial_Location
2	roll	past · progressive	fat water snakes			the mire			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mire=Trajectory
3	show	gerund	She not said here	snakes's ugly colored bodies					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent body=Recipient
4	color	participle							vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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