dullness

Who acts: Dullness, peacock, Nobody · What happens: be, make, mock, enjoy · To what, where: state, picnic, dullness

«dullness» 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: dullness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dullness is the state of being dull: not bright, not lively, not interesting.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dullness	dullness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dull	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 dull	cop
7	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	nmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 bright	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 bright	advmod
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 state	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lively	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 lively	advmod
13	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bright	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 interesting	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 interesting	advmod
16	interesting	interesting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bright	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dullness	the state					tree rules
2	is	gerund						dull property	tree rules

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.

Example 1

The dullness of the grey sky made the picnic sad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dullness	det
2	dullness	dullness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sky	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sky	amod
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dullness	nmod
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 picnic	det
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the dullness of the grey sky	the picnic				sad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picnic=Product

Example 2

The peacock mocked the dullness of the crane's feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peacock	det
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mocked	nsubj
3	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dullness	det
5	dullness	dullness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mocked	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 feathers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crane	det
8	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feathers	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 crane	case
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dullness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	the peacock	the dullness of the crane's feathers					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dullness=Theme

Example 3

Nobody enjoyed the dullness of the long wet afternoon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 enjoyed	nsubj
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dullness	det
4	dullness	dullness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enjoyed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 afternoon	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 afternoon	amod
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 afternoon	amod
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dullness	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 enjoyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	past	Nobody	the dullness of the long wet afternoon					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dullness=Stimulus

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