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lank

Who acts: Lank, lank grey beggarman, hair, He · What happens: mean, describe, walk, hang, be · To what, where: tall thin bony person, road

«lank» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: lank in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Lank means long, thin and limp, without bounce: lank grey hair.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lank	Lank	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thin	punct
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 limp	cc
7	limp	limp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bounce	punct
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 bounce	case
10	bounce	bounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 hair	punct
12	lank	lank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hair	amod
13	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hair	amod
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bounce	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Lank					long property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

Lank can describe a tall, thin, bony person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lank	Lank	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 describe	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 describe	aux
3	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tall	punct
7	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thin	punct
9	bony	bony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describe	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can	Lank	a tall thin bony person					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Example 1

The lank grey beggarman walked slowly up the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beggarman	det
2	lank	lank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beggarman	amod
3	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beggarman	amod
4	beggarman	beggarman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 walked	advmod
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the lank grey beggarman			the road		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up road=Trajectory

Example 2

Her hair hung lank and wet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hair	nmod:poss
2	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hung	nsubj
3	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lank	lank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hung	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wet	cc
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lank	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past	Her hair					lank property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

He was tall and lank, like a bean pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tall	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tall	cop
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lank	cc
5	lank	lank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pole	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 pole	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pole	det
9	bean	bean	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pole	compound
10	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tall	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					tall property	tree rules
2	be		He 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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