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mousy

Who acts: She, new boy, old shed, mousy little clerk, you, it · What happens: not notice, smell, have, tie, be, speak · To what, where: mousy brown hair, ponytail, mousy smell, desk, people, feelings · Speech: someone speaks here

«mousy» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: mousy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: of hair — kept apart, not parsed.

A dull light brown colour, like a mouse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nsubj
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mouse	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 mouse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 colour	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: of a person — kept apart, not parsed.

Quiet, shy and not easily noticed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shy	punct
3	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Quiet	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 noticed	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 noticed	advmod
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	7 noticed	advmod
7	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Quiet	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	participle						easily property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Meaning 3

Like a mouse or smelling of mice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 mouse	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 smelling	cc
5	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 mouse	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mice	case
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smelling	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mouse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	gerund						of mice	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of mouse=Theme

Example 1

She had mousy brown hair tied in a ponytail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
4	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hair	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ponytail	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ponytail	det
9	ponytail	ponytail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	mousy brown hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
2	tie	participle		mousy brown hair not said here		a ponytail			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The new boy was mousy and hardly spoke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mousy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mousy	cop
5	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spoke	cc
7	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	8 spoke	advmod
8	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mousy	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mousy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the new boy					mousy property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	past	the new boy not said here					hardly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The old shed had a mousy smell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shed	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shed	amod
3	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 smell	det
6	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 smell	amod
7	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old shed	a mousy smell					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Patient

Example 4

A mousy little clerk sat behind the desk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 clerk	det
2	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clerk	amod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clerk	amod
4	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 desk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desk	det
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a mousy little clerk			the desk			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind desk=Location

Example 5

Don't call people mousy – it can hurt their feelings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj
5	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	xcomp
6	–	-	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 call	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feelings	nmod:poss
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurt	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	imperative · do-support	you not said here		people			mousy property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	hurt	can	it	people's feelings					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Patient

Example 6

The mousy kitten hid under the sofa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kitten	det
2	mousy	mousy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kitten	amod
3	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sofa	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sofa	det
7	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the mousy kitten			the sofa			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sofa=Location

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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