moonshine

Who acts: Moonshine, They, you, Mum, I · What happens: be, mean, dance, stand, wait, not talk · To what, where: pale light, nonsense, hand, moonshine, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

«moonshine» 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: moonshine in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Moonshine is the pale light of the moon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moonshine	Moonshine	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 light	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 light	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 light	det
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	amod
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 light	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Moonshine	the pale light				of the moon	tree rules

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.

Moonshine means nonsense or untrue talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moonshine	Moonshine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 talk	cc
5	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talk	amod
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nonsense	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Moonshine	nonsense or untrue talk					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic

Example 1

They danced hand in hand by the lake in the moonshine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 moonshine	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moonshine	det
11	moonshine	moonshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lake	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 danced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They	hand		hand		by the lake in the moonshine	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme

Example 2

Stand in the moonshine and wait for the elves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 moonshine	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moonshine	det
4	moonshine	moonshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wait	cc
6	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 elves	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elves	det
9	elves	elf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the moonshine			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in moonshine=Location
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here					for the elves	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

"Don't talk moonshine," said Mum when I told her about the dragon.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 talk	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 talk	advmod
4	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 said	parataxis
5	moonshine	moonshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talk	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 talk	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 talk	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 told	advmod
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 told	nsubj
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	advcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 told	iobj
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 dragon	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dragon	det
16	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not talk in a quote	infinitive · do-support		moonshine			vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent moonshine=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	Mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past	I		Mum	about the dragon	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about dragon=Topic

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moonshine/