fanciful Who acts: Fanciful, You, cat, I, story, That · What happens: mean, not base, make up, have, say, be · To what, where: ideas, fact, fanciful idea, fanciful picture, fanciful guess, proof · Speech: someone speaks here
«fanciful» 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: fanciful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Fanciful means full of imagination, with ideas that are not based on fact or proof.
The tree, 15 words nsubj xcomp case obl punct case conj nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod acl:relcl case obl cc conj punct root Fanciful ADJ means VERB full ADJ of ADP imagination NOUN , PUNCT with ADP ideas NOUN that PRON are AUX not PART based VERB on ADP fact NOUN or CCONJ proof NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fanciful fanciful ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 of of ADP _ 5 imagination case 5 imagination imagination NOUN Number=Sing 3 full obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 ideas punct 7 with with ADP _ 8 ideas case 8 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 5 imagination conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 12 based nsubj:pass 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 based aux:pass 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 based advmod 12 based base VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 ideas acl:relcl 13 on on ADP _ 14 fact case 14 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 12 based obl 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 proof cc 16 proof proof NOUN Number=Sing 14 fact conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Fanciful full property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 not base present · passive ideas fact or proof vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on fact=Source
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 Fanciful can mean odd, unreal or made up.
nsubj aux xcomp punct conj cc conj compound:prt punct root Fanciful PROPN can AUX mean VERB odd ADJ , PUNCT unreal ADJ or CCONJ made VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fanciful Fanciful PROPN Number=Sing 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 odd odd ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mean xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 unreal punct 6 unreal unreal ADJ Degree=Pos 4 odd conj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 made cc 8 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 unreal conj 9 up up ADP _ 8 made compound:prt 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 mean can Fanciful odd property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 make up participle Fanciful not said here vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Example 1 You have a fanciful idea about dragons.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root You PRON have VERB a DET fanciful ADJ idea NOUN about ADP dragons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 idea det 4 fanciful fanciful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 idea amod 5 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 6 about about ADP _ 7 dragons case 7 dragons dragon NOUN Number=Plur 5 idea nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present You a fanciful idea about dragons vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
Example 2 The cat said I was fanciful.
det nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct root The DET cat NOUN said VERB I PRON was AUX fanciful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cat det 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 fanciful nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 fanciful cop 6 fanciful fanciful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 said ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the cat vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past I fanciful property tree rules
Example 3 The story has a fanciful picture of a flying castle.
det nsubj det amod obj case det amod nmod punct root The DET story NOUN has VERB a DET fanciful ADJ picture NOUN of ADP a DET flying VERB castle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 picture det 5 fanciful fanciful ADJ Degree=Pos 6 picture amod 6 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 of of ADP _ 10 castle case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 castle det 9 flying fly VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 castle amod 10 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 6 picture nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the story a fanciful picture of a flying castle vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient 2 fly gerund vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 That is a fanciful guess; we need proof.
nsubj cop det amod punct nsubj parataxis obj punct root That PRON is AUX a DET fanciful ADJ guess NOUN ; PUNCT we PRON need VERB proof NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 guess nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 guess cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 guess det 4 fanciful fanciful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 guess amod 5 guess guess NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 need punct 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 need nsubj 8 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 guess parataxis 9 proof proof NOUN Number=Sing 8 need obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 guess punct
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1 is a present That a fanciful guess tree rules 2 need present we proof vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme
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