mellow

Who acts: Mellow, person, mellow light, music, old king · What happens: mean, become, mellow, be, fall, light · To what, where: hill, sunset

«mellow» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: mellow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mellow means soft, warm and rich, for light, colour or sound.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mellow	melodramatic	X	_	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 warm	punct
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soft	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rich	cc
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 soft	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 light	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 light	case
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 colour	punct
12	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 light	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 sound	cc
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 light	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mellow					soft 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

Mellow means calm, relaxed and gentle in mood; a person can become mellow with age.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mellow	melodramatic	X	_	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 relaxed	punct
5	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calm	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gentle	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calm	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 mood	case
9	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gentle	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 become	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 become	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 become	aux
14	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
15	mellow	mellow	ADV	_	14 become	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 age	case
17	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 become	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mellow					calm property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	become	can	a person				with age	mellow property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To mellow is to become softer, warmer or calmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mellow	mark
2	mellow	mellow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 become	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 become	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 become	mark
5	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	softer	soft	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 become	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 warmer	punct
8	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 softer	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 calmer	cc
10	calmer	calm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 warmer	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mellow	to-infinitive							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present						become, soft property	tree rules

Example 1

The mellow light of the sunset fell on the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	mellow	mellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sunset	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sunset	det
6	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the mellow light of the sunset			the hill			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hill=Location
2	light			the sunset					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The music sounded warm and mellow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 music	det
2	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounded	nsubj
3	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sounded	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mellow	cc
6	mellow	mellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warm	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past	the music					warm property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

With age, the old king grew mellow and kind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 age	case
2	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 age	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	mellow	mellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grew	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kind	cc
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mellow	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the old king				with age	mellow property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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