grubby

Who acts: you, school shirt, library book, grubbiest kid, car, It · What happens: touch, wash, eat, be, have, score · To what, where: things, grubby hands, grubby fingerprints, it, winning goal, grubby trick

«grubby» 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: grubby in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Rather dirty, usually from mud, sweat or touching things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rather	rather	ADV	_	2 dirty	advmod
2	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mud	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mud	punct
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 mud	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 mud	case
6	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sweat	punct
8	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mud	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 touching	cc
10	touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mud	conj
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 touching	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 mud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		things					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Not quite honest or decent: a grubby little trick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 honest	advmod
2	quite	quite	ADV	_	3 honest	advmod
3	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 decent	cc
5	decent	decent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 honest	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 trick	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 trick	det
8	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trick	amod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trick	amod
10	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honest	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 honest	punct

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

Example 1

Wash your grubby hands before you eat!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
3	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hands	amod
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 eat	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	advcl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your grubby hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	eat	present	you						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

His school shirt was grubby after playtime.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shirt	nmod:poss
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shirt	compound
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grubby	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grubby	cop
5	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 playtime	case
7	playtime	playtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grubby	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grubby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His school shirt				after playtime	grubby property	tree rules

Example 3

The library book had grubby fingerprints on it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 book	compound
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fingerprints	amod
6	fingerprints	fingerprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the library book	grubby fingerprints		it			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingerprint=Patient

Example 4

The grubbiest kid on the team scored the winning goal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	grubbiest	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 kid	amod
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scored	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 team	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 team	det
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kid	nmod
7	scored	score	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 goal	det
9	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 goal	amod
10	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scored	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 scored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	score	past	the grubbiest kid on the team	the winning goal					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme
2	win	gerund							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The car was grubby after the muddy road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grubby	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grubby	cop
4	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grubby	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grubby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the car				after the muddy road	grubby property	tree rules

Example 6

It was a grubby trick to cheat in the quiz.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trick	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trick	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trick	det
4	grubby	grubby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trick	amod
5	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cheat	mark
7	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trick	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 quiz	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quiz	det
10	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheat	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 trick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a grubby trick					tree rules
2	cheat	to-infinitive				the quiz			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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