fleecy
Who acts: Fleecy, Fleecy clouds · What happens: mean, describe, take, drift · To what, where: soft white clouds, water, long fleecy robe, hills
«fleecy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: fleecy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleecy | fleecy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 woolly | cc |
| 5 | woolly | woolly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 soft | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fleece | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 fleece | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sheep | det |
| 9 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fleece | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 sheep | case |
| 11 | fleece | fleece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 soft | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Fleecy | soft property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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
Fleecy can describe soft white clouds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleecy | Fleecy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 describe | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 describe | aux |
| 3 | describe | describe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 clouds | amod |
| 5 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 clouds | amod |
| 6 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 describe | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | can | Fleecy | soft white clouds | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme |
Example 1
The water had taken the shape of a man in a long, white, fleecy robe.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | aux |
| 4 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shape | det |
| 6 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shape | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 robe | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 robe | det |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 robe | amod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 white | punct |
| 14 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 long | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 long | punct |
| 16 | fleecy | fleecy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 robe | amod |
| 17 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 taken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · perfect · passive | the water | a long fleecy robe | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme shape=Destination |
Example 2
Fleecy clouds drifted over the hills.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleecy | fleecy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 clouds | amod |
| 2 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drifted | nsubj |
| 3 | drifted | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drifted | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drifted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift | past | Fleecy clouds | the hills | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory |
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