grey Who acts: Grey, Grey hair, grey day, grey area, 4 grey cats, grey box · What happens: be, weigh, paint, start, mix, make · To what, where: colour, white hair, something, 5 kg, 2 grey walls, rain
«grey» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: grey in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Grey is a colour between black and white, like the colour of clouds before rain, ash or an elephant.
The tree, 19 words nsubj cop det case amod cc conj punct case det conj case nmod case nmod punct conj cc det conj punct root Grey NOUN is AUX a DET colour NOUN between ADP black ADJ and CCONJ white ADJ , PUNCT like ADP the DET colour NOUN of ADP clouds NOUN before ADP rain NOUN , PUNCT ash NOUN or CCONJ an DET elephant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grey grey NOUN Number=Sing 4 colour nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 colour cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 colour det 4 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 between between ADP _ 6 black case 6 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 4 colour amod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 white cc 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 6 black conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 colour punct 10 like like ADP _ 12 colour case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 colour det 12 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 4 colour conj 13 of of ADP _ 14 clouds case 14 clouds cloud NOUN Number=Plur 12 colour nmod 15 before before ADP _ 16 rain case 16 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 14 clouds nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 ash punct 18 ash ash NOUN Number=Sing 16 rain conj 19 or or CCONJ _ 21 elephant cc 20 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 elephant det 21 elephant elephant NOUN Number=Sing 18 ash conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 4 colour punct
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1 is a present Grey a colour and the colour of clouds before rain and ash or a elephant 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 Grey hair is the white or silver hair of older people.
amod nsubj cop det amod cc conj case amod nmod punct root Grey ADJ hair NOUN is AUX the DET white ADJ or CCONJ silver ADJ hair NOUN of ADP older ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 2 hair amod 2 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 8 hair nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 hair cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hair det 5 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hair amod 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 silver cc 7 silver silver ADJ Degree=Pos 5 white conj 8 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of ADP _ 11 people case 10 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 people amod 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 hair nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 hair punct
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1 is a present Grey hair the white hair of older people tree rules
Meaning 3 A grey day is dull and cloudy.
det amod nsubj cop cc conj punct root A DET grey ADJ day NOUN is AUX dull ADJ and CCONJ cloudy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 day det 2 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 day amod 3 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 dull nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 dull cop 5 dull dull ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 cloudy cc 7 cloudy cloudy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 dull conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 dull punct
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1 is present a grey day dull property tree rules 2 be a grey day not said here tree rules
Meaning 4 A grey area is something not clearly right or wrong.
det amod nsubj cop advmod advmod amod cc conj punct root A DET grey ADJ area NOUN is AUX something PRON not PART clearly ADV right ADJ or CCONJ wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 area det 2 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 area amod 3 area area NOUN Number=Sing 5 something nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 something cop 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 right advmod 7 clearly clearly ADV _ 8 right advmod 8 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 5 something amod 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 wrong cc 10 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 8 right conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 something punct
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1 is a present a grey area something tree rules
Example 1 There are 4 grey cats and 3 white cats.
expl nummod amod nsubj cc nummod amod conj punct root There PRON are VERB 4 NUM grey ADJ cats NOUN and CCONJ 3 NUM white ADJ cats NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 are expl 2 are be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 cats nummod 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 cats amod 5 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 2 are nsubj 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 cats cc 7 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 cats nummod 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 9 cats amod 9 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 5 cats conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 are punct
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1 does present 4 grey cats and 3 white cats there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The grey box weighs 5 kg.
det amod nsubj nummod obj punct root The DET grey ADJ box NOUN weighs VERB 5 NUM kg NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 box det 2 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 box amod 3 box box NOUN Number=Sing 4 weighs nsubj 4 weighs weigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 kg nummod 6 kg kg NOUN Number=Plur 4 weighs obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 weighs punct
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1 weigh present the grey box 5 kg vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kg=Value
Example 3 How many grey stones are there?
advmod amod amod nsubj cop punct root How ADV many ADJ grey ADJ stones NOUN are AUX there ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 6 there advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stones amod 3 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stones amod 4 stones stone NOUN Number=Plur 6 there nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 there cop 6 there there ADV PronType=Dem root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 there punct
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1 is present many grey stones there property tree rules
Example 4 She paints 2 grey walls.
nsubj nummod amod obj punct root She PRON paints VERB 2 NUM grey ADJ walls NOUN . PUNCT 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 paints nsubj 2 paints paint VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 walls nummod 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 walls amod 5 walls wall NOUN Number=Plur 2 paints obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 paints punct
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1 paint present She 2 grey walls vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination
Example 5 The sky was grey and it started to rain.
det nsubj cop cc nsubj conj mark obj punct root The DET sky NOUN was AUX grey ADJ and CCONJ it PRON started VERB to PART rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sky det 2 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 4 grey nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 grey cop 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 started cc 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 started nsubj 7 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 grey conj 8 to to PART _ 9 rain mark 9 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 7 started obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 grey punct
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1 is past the sky grey property tree rules 2 start past sky rain vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Eventuality
Example 6 Mix black and white paint to make grey.
amod cc conj obj mark advcl xcomp punct root Mix VERB black ADJ and CCONJ white ADJ paint NOUN to PART make VERB grey ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mix mix VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 5 paint amod 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 white cc 4 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 2 black conj 5 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mix obj 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Mix advcl 8 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 7 make xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mix punct
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1 mix imperative you not said here black paint vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Patient 2 make to-infinitive you not said here grey property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
Example 7 Grandpa's hair has gone grey.
nmod:poss case nsubj aux xcomp punct root Grandpa PROPN 's PART hair NOUN has AUX gone VERB grey ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 3 hair nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grandpa case 3 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 5 gone nsubj 4 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 gone aux 5 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 gone xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 gone punct
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1 go present · perfect Grandpa's hair grey property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 A grey squirrel ran up the tree.
det amod nsubj compound:prt det obj punct root A DET grey ADJ squirrel NOUN ran VERB up ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 squirrel det 2 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 squirrel amod 3 squirrel squirrel NOUN Number=Sing 4 ran nsubj 4 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 ran compound:prt 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tree det 7 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 4 ran obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 ran punct
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1 run up past a grey squirrel the tree vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Trajectory
Example 9 Little grey ones, little grey ones!
amod amod punct amod amod conj punct root Little ADJ grey ADJ ones NOUN , PUNCT little ADJ grey ADJ ones NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ones amod 2 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ones amod 3 ones one NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 ones punct 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 7 ones amod 6 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 7 ones amod 7 ones one NOUN Number=Plur 3 ones conj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 ones punct
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