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flashy

Who acts: Flashy, way, He, She, footballer, advert · What happens: mean, make, attract, seem, describe, like · To what, where: attention, way, much, someone, flashy red sports car, flashy gold shoes

«flashy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: flashy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Flashy means bright, shiny or showy, made to attract attention, often in a way that seems too much.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shiny	punct
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bright	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 showy	cc
7	showy	showy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bright	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bright	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 attract	mark
11	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 made	xcomp
12	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attract	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 way	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	17 way	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 way	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attract	obl:unmarked
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 seems	nsubj
19	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 way	acl:relcl
20	too	too	ADV	_	21 much	advmod
21	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 seems	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Flashy					bright property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	make	participle	Flashy not said here						tree rules
3	attract	to-infinitive	Flashy not said here	attention		a way			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
4	seem	present	a way	much					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme much=Attribute

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

Flashy can describe someone who likes to show off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 describe	advcl
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 describe	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 likes	nsubj
6	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 likes	xcomp
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 show	compound:prt
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can		someone					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	like	present							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	show off not said to happen	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He drove a flashy red sports car.

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 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 car	det
4	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 car	amod
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 car	amod
6	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 car	compound
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	He	a flashy red sports car					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent car=Location

Example 2

She wore flashy gold shoes to the party.

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	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shoes	compound
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	flashy gold shoes				to the party	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Example 3

The footballer did a flashy trick but lost the ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 footballer	det
2	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trick	det
5	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trick	amod
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 lost	cc
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ball	det
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the footballer	a flashy trick					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
2	lose	past	the footballer not said here	the ball					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Eventuality

Example 4

The advert was flashy, but the toy was cheap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 advert	det
2	advert	advert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flashy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flashy	cop
4	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cheap	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 cheap	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 toy	det
8	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cheap	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cheap	cop
10	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 flashy	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flashy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the advert					flashy property	tree rules
2	is	past	the toy					cheap property	tree rules

Example 5

I prefer a plain bike to a flashy one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bike	det
4	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bike	amod
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prefer	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 one	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prefer	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 prefer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	I	a plain bike	a flashy one				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus

Example 6

The flashy lights of the fair lit up the night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lights	det
2	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lights	amod
3	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fair	det
6	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lights	nmod
7	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fair	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 lit	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lit	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lights	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit up	participle		the fair not said here			night		tree rules
2	light			the fair					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Example 7

Don't be flashy; just play the simple pass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 flashy	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 flashy	cop
4	flashy	flashy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 play	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 play	advmod
7	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pass	det
9	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pass	amod
10	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive						flashy property	tree rules
3	play	infinitive		the simple pass					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme

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