muckle
Who acts: Muckle, doubt, muckle joy, He · What happens: mean, wait, be, have · To what, where: village, muckle wealth
«muckle» 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: muckle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use, Scots — kept apart, not parsed.
Muckle means much or great in amount or size.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muckle | muckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 great | advmod |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 great | cc |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 amount | case |
| 7 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 great | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 size | cc |
| 9 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 amount | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Muckle | 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
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Muckle as an adverb means very or greatly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muckle | muckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 adverb | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 adverb | det |
| 4 | adverb | adverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Muckle | nmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 greatly | cc |
| 8 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 6 very | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Muckle as a adverb | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
With muckle doubt and pain, they waited.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 doubt | case |
| 2 | muckle | muckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 doubt | compound |
| 3 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waited | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 pain | cc |
| 5 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 doubt | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 doubt | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 waited | nsubj |
| 8 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 waited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | doubt | with muckle doubt and pain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
There was muckle joy in the village that day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | muckle | muckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 joy | compound |
| 4 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 village | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 village | det |
| 7 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | obl |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 village | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | muckle joy | the village that day; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |
Example 3
He had muckle wealth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | muckle | muckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wealth | compound |
| 4 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | muckle wealth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient |
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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