gauzy
Who acts: Gauzy, She, fairy, curtains · What happens: mean, see, wear, have, be · To what, where: gauzy scarf, hair, gauzy wings
«gauzy» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: gauzy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Gauzy means very thin and light, almost see-through, like fine cloth.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gauzy | gauzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 thin | advmod |
| 4 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 light | cc |
| 6 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thin | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 8 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | parataxis |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 through | punct |
| 11 | through | through | ADV | _ | 9 see | compound |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cloth | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 cloth | case |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cloth | amod |
| 15 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Gauzy | thin property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | like fine cloth; almost property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
Example 1
She wore a gauzy scarf over her hair.
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 | 5 scarf | det |
| 4 | gauzy | gauzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 scarf | amod |
| 5 | scarf | scarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 hair | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hair | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hair | hair | 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 | a gauzy scarf | her hair | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scarf=Theme |
Example 2
The fairy had gauzy wings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fairy | det |
| 2 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | gauzy | gauzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wings | amod |
| 5 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the fairy | gauzy wings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
Example 3
The curtains were thin and gauzy.
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 | 4 thin | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thin | cop |
| 4 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 gauzy | cc |
| 6 | gauzy | gauzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thin | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the curtains | thin property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the curtains not said here | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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