elfin

Who acts: face, We · What happens: slip, be, hear · To what, where: elfin child, gap, elfin laughter, wood

«elfin» 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: elfin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Small, delicate and magical, like an elf or a fairy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 elf	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 delicate	punct
3	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 magical	cc
5	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Small	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 elf	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 elf	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 elf	det
9	elf	elf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 fairy	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fairy	det
12	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 elf	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 elf	punct

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

Example 1

The elfin child slipped through the gap in the hedge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	elfin	elfin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 child	acl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 gap	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gap	det
7	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hedge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hedge	det
10	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gap	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 child	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	participle		the elfin child not said here		the gap in the hedge			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 2

Her face was small and elfin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 elfin	cc
6	elfin	elfin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her face					small property	tree rules

Example 3

We heard elfin laughter in the wood.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	elfin	elfin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughter	compound
4	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	elfin laughter		the wood			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer laughter=Stimulus

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