kinda

Who acts: speech, Kinda, I, informal film, dog, maths test · What happens: be, mean, col out · To what, where: bit, type, game, It · Speech: someone speaks here

«kinda» 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: kinda in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: slang, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Kinda is how «kind of» sounds in quick speech; it means «a bit», «somewhat» or «sort of».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 is	ccomp
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 how	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sounds	case
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 sounds	punct
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kind	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 speech	case
10	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 speech	amod
11	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sounds	nmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 means	nsubj
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 is	parataxis
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 bit	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bit	det
17	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 means	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 bit	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 somewhat	punct
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 somewhat	punct
21	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	14 means	advmod
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 somewhat	punct
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 sort	cc
24	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 sort	punct
25	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 somewhat	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	25 sort	fixed
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	25 sort	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present						kinda property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	speech	a bit				somewhat property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic

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.

«Kinda» can mean «a type of»: «What kinda game is it?».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Kinda	punct
2	Kinda	Kinda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Kinda	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 type	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 type	det
8	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 type	case
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 type	punct
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 What	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 What	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mean	obj
14	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	15 game	advmod
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 What	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 it	cop
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 What	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Kinda	a type					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present		game					tree rules

Example 1

(informal) I'm kinda hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	7 hungry	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hungry	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hungry	cop
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 hungry	advmod
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					hungry, kinda property	tree rules

Example 2

(informal) That film was kinda scary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 film	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 film	det
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scary	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 scary	cop
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 scary	advmod
8	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 scary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that informal film					kinda, scary property	tree rules

Example 3

(informal) It's kinda cold out today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	7 cold	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cold	nsubj:pass
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cold	aux
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 cold	advmod
7	cold	col	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 cold	compound:prt
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cold	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	col out	present · passive		It			today	kinda property	tree rules

Example 4

(informal) What kinda dog is that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	4 What	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	6 dog	advmod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 What	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 What	cop
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 What	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 What	punct

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

Example 5

(informal) I kinda like her new haircut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	9 haircut	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 haircut	nsubj
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	9 haircut	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 haircut	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 haircut	nmod:poss
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 haircut	amod
9	haircut	haircut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 haircut	punct

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

Example 6

(informal) The maths test was kinda easy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	NUM	_	9 easy	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 test	det
5	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 test	compound
6	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 easy	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 easy	cop
8	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	9 easy	advmod
9	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the maths test					easy, kinda property	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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