frilly

Who acts: She, baby, curtains, frilled lizard, I, Lettuce leaves · What happens: decorate, gather, wear, have, open, look · To what, where: wavy strips, frilly pink dress, frilly white socks, frilly edge, frilly collar, plain cupcakes

«frilly» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: frilly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Decorated with frills, wavy strips of cloth or lace gathered into folds, as on a dress, curtain or sock.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 frills	case
3	frills	frill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Decorated	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 strips	punct
5	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 strips	amod
6	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frills	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cloth	case
8	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strips	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 lace	cc
10	lace	lace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cloth	conj
11	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 strips	acl
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 folds	case
13	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 gathered	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dress	punct
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 dress	case
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 dress	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dress	det
18	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Decorated	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 curtain	punct
20	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dress	conj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 sock	cc
22	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 curtain	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Decorated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	participle						with frills and wavy strips of cloth or lace; as a dress and curtain or sock	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with frill=Theme
2	gather	participle		wavy strips of cloth or lace not said here				into folds	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent into fold=Co-Patient

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Fancy and with too much decoration, as in «a frilly speech».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 decoration	cc
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 decoration	case
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decoration	amod
6	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fancy	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 speech	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 speech	mark
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 speech	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 speech	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 speech	det
12	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 speech	amod
13	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fancy	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 speech	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fancy	punct

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

Example 1

She wore a frilly pink dress 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dress	det
4	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dress	amod
5	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dress	amod
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

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

Example 2

The baby has frilly white socks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 socks	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 socks	amod
6	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the baby	frilly white socks					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Patient

Example 3

The curtains had a frilly edge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 curtains	det
2	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 edge	det
5	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 edge	amod
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the curtains	a frilly edge					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient

Example 4

The frilled lizard opens its frilly collar to look scary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lizard	det
2	frilled	frilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lizard	amod
3	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opens	nsubj
4	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 collar	nmod:poss
6	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 collar	amod
7	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opens	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 opens	advcl
10	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 opens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	the frilled lizard	lizard's frilly collar					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location collar=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	the frilled lizard not said here					scary property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

I like plain cupcakes, not frilly ones.

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 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cupcakes	amod
4	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ones	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 ones	advmod
7	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cupcakes	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	I	plain cupcakes and frilly ones					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cupcake=Theme

Example 6

Lettuce leaves have frilly edges.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	compound
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	frilly	frilly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 edges	amod
5	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Lettuce leaves	frilly edges					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient

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