mouldy Who acts: soft furry fungus, bread, you, it, We, our · What happens: cover, grow, go, not eat, be, experiment · To what, where: old food, that, mouldy bread, bag, mouldiest strawberries, them
«mouldy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: mouldy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Covered with mould, a soft, furry fungus that grows on old food or in damp places.
The tree, 16 words case obl punct det amod punct amod appos nsubj acl:relcl case amod obl cc case amod conj punct root Covered VERB with ADP mould NOUN , PUNCT a DET soft ADJ , PUNCT furry ADJ fungus NOUN that PRON grows VERB on ADP old ADJ food NOUN or CCONJ in ADP damp ADJ places NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 with with ADP _ 3 mould case 3 mould mould NOUN Number=Sing 1 Covered obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 fungus punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 fungus det 6 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fungus amod 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 soft punct 8 furry furry ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fungus amod 9 fungus fungus NOUN Number=Sing 3 mould appos 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 grows nsubj 11 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 fungus acl:relcl 12 on on ADP _ 14 food case 13 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 food amod 14 food food NOUN Number=Sing 11 grows obl 15 or or CCONJ _ 18 places cc 16 in in ADP _ 18 places case 17 damp damp ADJ Degree=Pos 18 places amod 18 places place NOUN Number=Plur 14 food conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 1 Covered punct
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1 cover participle with mould vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mould=Theme 2 grow present a soft furry fungus old food or damp places vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on food=Location
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, UK — kept apart, not parsed.
Old, mean or nasty: «a mouldy old jumper».
punct conj cc conj punct punct det amod amod parataxis punct punct root Old ADJ , PUNCT mean ADJ or CCONJ nasty ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT a DET mouldy ADJ old ADJ jumper NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 mean punct 3 mean mean ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Old conj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 nasty cc 5 nasty nasty ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Old conj 6 : : PUNCT _ 1 Old punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 11 jumper punct 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 jumper det 9 mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos 11 jumper amod 10 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 11 jumper amod 11 jumper jumper NOUN Number=Sing 1 Old parataxis 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 jumper punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Old punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1 The bread went mouldy after a week.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET bread NOUN went VERB mouldy ADV after ADP a DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bread det 2 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 mouldy mouldy ADV _ 3 went advmod 5 after after ADP _ 7 week case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 week det 7 week week NOUN Number=Sing 3 went obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past the bread week mouldy property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Don't eat that – it's mouldy!
aux advmod obj punct nsubj cop parataxis punct root Do AUX n't PART eat VERB that PRON – PUNCT it PRON 's AUX mouldy ADJ ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 eat aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 eat advmod 3 eat eat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 eat obj 5 – - PUNCT _ 8 mouldy punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 mouldy nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 mouldy cop 8 mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 eat parataxis 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 eat punct
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1 not eat imperative · do-support you not said here that vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient 2 is present it mouldy property tree rules
Example 3 We grew mouldy bread in a bag for our science experiment.
nsubj amod obj case det obl case nmod:poss compound obl punct root We PRON grew VERB mouldy ADJ bread NOUN in ADP a DET bag NOUN for ADP our PRON science NOUN experiment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 grew nsubj 2 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bread amod 4 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 2 grew obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 bag case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bag det 7 bag bag NOUN Number=Sing 2 grew obl 8 for for ADP _ 11 experiment case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 experiment nmod:poss 10 science science NOUN Number=Sing 11 experiment compound 11 experiment experiment NOUN Number=Sing 2 grew obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 grew punct
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1 grow past We mouldy bread a bag for our science experiment vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bread=Material for experiment=Beneficiary 2 experiment our nom experiment «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The bathroom wall is mouldy because it's damp.
det compound nsubj cop mark nsubj cop advcl punct root The DET bathroom NOUN wall NOUN is AUX mouldy ADJ because SCONJ it PRON 's AUX damp ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 wall det 2 bathroom bathroom NOUN Number=Sing 3 wall compound 3 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 5 mouldy nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mouldy cop 5 mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 damp mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 damp nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 damp cop 9 damp damp ADJ Degree=Pos 5 mouldy advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 mouldy punct
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1 is present the bathroom wall mouldy property tree rules 2 is present wall damp property tree rules
Example 5 Mouldy fruit is fuzzy and green or white.
amod nsubj cop cc conj cc conj punct root Mouldy ADJ fruit NOUN is AUX fuzzy ADJ and CCONJ green ADJ or CCONJ white ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fruit amod 2 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 4 fuzzy nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fuzzy cop 4 fuzzy fuzzy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 green cc 6 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 4 fuzzy conj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 white cc 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 4 fuzzy conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 fuzzy punct
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1 is present Mouldy fruit fuzzy property tree rules 2 be Mouldy fruit not said here tree rules 3 be Mouldy fruit not said here tree rules
Example 6 Throw away the mouldiest strawberries.
advmod det amod obj punct root Throw VERB away ADV the DET mouldiest ADJ strawberries NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Throw throw VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Throw advmod 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 strawberries det 4 mouldiest mouldy ADJ Degree=Sup 5 strawberries amod 5 strawberries strawberry NOUN Number=Plur 1 Throw obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Throw punct
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1 throw away imperative you not said here the mouldiest strawberries away property vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Theme
Example 7 Then it took them to another lake, into which they cast a mouldy log.
The tree, 14 words advmod nsubj obj case det obl punct case obl nsubj conj det amod obj punct root Then ADV it PRON took VERB them PRON to ADP another DET lake NOUN , PUNCT into ADP which PRON they PRON cast VERB a DET mouldy ADJ log NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 took advmod 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 took nsubj 3 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 took obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 lake case 6 another another DET PronType=Ind 7 lake det 7 lake lake NOUN Number=Sing 3 took obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 cast punct 9 into into ADP _ 10 which case 10 which which PRON PronType=Rel 12 cast obl 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 cast nsubj 12 cast cast VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 took conj 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 log det 14 mouldy mouldy ADJ Degree=Pos 15 log amod 15 log log NOUN Number=Sing 12 cast obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 took punct
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1 take past it them = they another lake then vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to lake=Destination 2 cast past they a mouldy log vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent log=Material into which=Product
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