glimmer

Who acts: glimmer, something, hope, cock, dawn, he · What happens: be, glimmer, awake, see, keep, go · To what, where: faint weak light, small sign, glimmer, last, her

«glimmer» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: glimmer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A glimmer is a faint, weak light.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 glimmer	det
2	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 light	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 light	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 light	det
5	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 faint	punct
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 light	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a glimmer	a faint weak light					tree rules

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

A glimmer of something is a small sign of it, such as a glimmer of hope.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 glimmer	det
2	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 glimmer	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sign	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sign	amod
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sign	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 glimmer	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 glimmer	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 glimmer	det
15	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 hope	case
17	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 glimmer	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a glimmer of something	a small sign and a glimmer of hope	of it	tree rules
2	glimmer		something			nom glimmer «event intransitive»: of=agent
3	glimmer		hope			nom glimmer «event intransitive»: of=agent

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To glimmer is to shine faintly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 glimmer	mark
2	glimmer	glimmer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shine	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shine	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shine	mark
5	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	faintly	faintly	ADV	_	5 shine	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glimmer	to-infinitive							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						faintly, shine property	tree rules

Example 1

With the first glimmer of dawn the cock awoke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 glimmer	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 glimmer	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 glimmer	amod
4	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awoke	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glimmer	nmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cock	det
8	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awoke	nsubj
9	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 awoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awake	past	the cock					with the first glimmer of dawn	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with glimmer=Instrument
2	glimmer		dawn						nom glimmer «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

At last he saw a glimmer far down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 last	case
2	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 glimmer	det
6	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 down	advmod
8	down	down	ADV	_	4 saw	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	a glimmer		last		down property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glimmer=Stimulus

Example 3

A glimmer of hope kept her going.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 glimmer	det
2	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hope	case
4	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glimmer	nmod
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kept	obj
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kept	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	a glimmer of hope	her = she	tree rules
2	go	gerund	her = she not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	glimmer		hope		nom glimmer «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 4

The stars glimmer over the still lake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 glimmer	det
2	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 glimmer	compound
3	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 lake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 lake	advmod
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glimmer	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 glimmer	punct

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

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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