fluffy

Who acts: chick, you, eggs, teddy bear, I, Fluffy wool · What happens: cover, be, float, beat, have, keep · To what, where: Soft, White fluffy clouds, sky, eggs, fluffiest toy, sheep

«fluffy» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: fluffy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Soft, light and covered with fur, feathers or fine hairs, like a kitten or a chick.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 covered	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 light	punct
3	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 covered	cc
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fur	case
7	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feathers	punct
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fur	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 hairs	cc
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hairs	amod
12	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fur	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kitten	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 kitten	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 kitten	det
16	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	parataxis
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 chick	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 chick	det
19	chick	chick	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kitten	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle · passive		Soft				with fur and feathers or fine hairs	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with fur=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

Light and full of air (fluffy clouds, fluffy pancakes, fluffy eggs).

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 full	cc
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Light	conj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 air	case
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 clouds	punct
7	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clouds	amod
8	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 air	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pancakes	punct
10	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pancakes	amod
11	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clouds	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 eggs	punct
13	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 eggs	amod
14	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clouds	conj
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 clouds	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Light	punct

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

Meaning 3

Not serious or not important (fluffy writing — informal).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 serious	advmod
2	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 important	cc
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 important	advmod
5	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 serious	conj
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 writing	punct
7	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 writing	amod
8	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serious	appos
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 informal	punct
10	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 writing	amod
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 writing	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 serious	punct

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

Example 1

The chick was small and fluffy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chick	det
2	chick	chick	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 fluffy	cc
6	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 small	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the chick					small property	tree rules
2	be		the chick not said here						tree rules

Example 2

White fluffy clouds floated across the sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clouds	amod
2	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clouds	amod
3	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 clouds	acl
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clouds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle		White fluffy clouds not said here		the sky			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory

Example 3

Beat the eggs until they are light and fluffy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 eggs	det
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Beat	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 light	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 light	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 light	cop
7	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Beat	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fluffy	cc
9	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beat	imperative	you not said here	the eggs		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme
2	is	present	eggs = egg		light property	tree rules
3	be		eggs = egg not said here			tree rules

Example 4

My teddy bear is the fluffiest toy I have.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bear	nmod:poss
2	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bear	compound
3	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 toy	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toy	det
6	fluffiest	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 toy	amod
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 toy	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 toy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My teddy bear	the fluffiest toy					tree rules
2	have	present	I	the fluffiest toy not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient

Example 5

Fluffy wool keeps sheep warm in winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wool	amod
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keeps	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keeps	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Fluffy wool	sheep			winter	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme

Example 6

These pancakes are so fluffy!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 pancakes	det
2	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fluffy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fluffy	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 fluffy	advmod
5	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 fluffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this pancakes					fluffy property	tree rules

Example 7

Fluffy fur traps air and keeps animals warm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fur	amod
2	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 traps	nsubj
3	traps	trap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 traps	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keeps	cc
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 traps	conj
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keeps	obj
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keeps	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 traps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present	Fluffy fur	air					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient
2	keep	present	Fluffy fur not said here	animals				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Example 8

But in place of the white and the yolk of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy and gay and smiling, escaped from it.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	25 escaped	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 place	case
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 escaped	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 white	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 white	det
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 place	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 yolk	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 yolk	det
9	yolk	yolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 place	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 egg	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 egg	det
12	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 yolk	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Chick	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 Chick	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Chick	amod
16	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Chick	amod
17	Chick	Chick	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 place	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fluffy	punct
19	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Chick	amod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 gay	cc
21	gay	gay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 fluffy	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 smiling	cc
23	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 fluffy	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 place	punct
25	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
26	from	from	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 escaped	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	escape	past				place of the white and the yolk of the egg		from Chick	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial_Location

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