fabulous

Who acts: Fabulous, unicorn, two fabulous hounds, We, cake · What happens: mean, belong, be, guard, have, look · To what, where: fabulous creature, gate, fair

«fabulous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: fabulous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fabulous means belonging to fables or legends, not real: a fabulous creature like a dragon.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 fables	case
5	fables	fable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 belonging	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 legends	cc
7	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fables	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 real	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 real	advmod
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 belonging	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 creature	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 creature	det
13	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 creature	amod
14	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 real	obl
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 dragon	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dragon	det
17	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 creature	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fabulous						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	belong not said to happen	gerund	Fabulous not said here					to fables or legends	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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

Usage: casual — kept apart, not parsed.

Fabulous means extremely good or wonderful: a fabulous day at the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	extremely	extremely	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wonderful	cc
6	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 day	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 beach	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 beach	det
13	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fabulous					good property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The unicorn is a fabulous creature.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 unicorn	det
2	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creature	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 creature	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 creature	det
5	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 creature	amod
6	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 creature	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the unicorn	a fabulous creature					tree rules

Example 2

The two fabulous hounds guarded the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hounds	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hounds	nummod
3	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hounds	amod
4	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guarded	nsubj
5	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guarded	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	the two fabulous hounds	the gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

Example 3

We had a fabulous time at the fair.

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 time	det
4	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 fair	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fair	det
8	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

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

Example 4

That cake looks fabulous!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fabulous	fabulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looks	xcomp
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

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

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