leaden
Who acts: rain, legs, roof, heart · What happens: make, weigh down, fall, feel, have, be · To what, where: leaden legs, leaden sky, leaden gutter
«leaden» 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: leaden in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Made of lead, the grey heavy metal: a leaden gutter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 lead | case |
| 3 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Made | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 metal | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 metal | det |
| 6 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 metal | amod |
| 7 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 metal | amod |
| 8 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lead | appos |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 gutter | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 gutter | det |
| 11 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 gutter | amod |
| 12 | gutter | gutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 metal | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | of lead | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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
Dull grey, like lead: leaden skies.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 grey | amod |
| 2 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lead | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lead | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 lead | case |
| 5 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 skies | punct |
| 7 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 skies | amod |
| 8 | skies | sky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lead | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lead | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Heavy and slow, as if weighed down: leaden legs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 weighed | advcl |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 slow | cc |
| 3 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Heavy | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 weighed | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 weighed | mark |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 weighed | mark |
| 7 | weighed | weigh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 weighed | compound:prt |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 legs | punct |
| 10 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 legs | amod |
| 11 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 weighed | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 weighed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh down | participle | leaden legs | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
The rain fell from the leaden sky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rain | det |
| 2 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 sky | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sky | det |
| 6 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sky | amod |
| 7 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the rain | the leaden sky | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location |
Example 2
My legs felt leaden after the long walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 legs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 felt | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 walk | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 walk | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 walk | amod |
| 8 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | My legs | after the long walk | leaden property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 3
The roof had a leaden gutter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 roof | det |
| 2 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gutter | det |
| 5 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gutter | amod |
| 6 | gutter | gutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the roof | a leaden gutter | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gutter=Patient |
Example 4
Her heart was leaden with grief.
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 heart | nmod:poss |
| 2 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaden | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 leaden | cop |
| 4 | leaden | leaden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 grief | case |
| 6 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaden | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 leaden | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her heart | with grief; leaden 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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