musty

Who acts: Musty, room, They, cellar · What happens: mean, smell, do, not air, give, serve · To what, where: Musty, onions, me, Musty eggs, feast

«musty» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: musty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Musty means smelling damp, stale or old, as a room or food does when it has not been aired.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Musty	musty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smelling	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smelling	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stale	punct
6	stale	stale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 damp	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 old	cc
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 damp	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 does	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 does	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 room	det
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	nsubj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 food	cc
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	conj
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 aired	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 aired	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 aired	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 aired	advmod
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 aired	aux:pass
21	aired	air	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 does	advcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Musty			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	smell not said to happen	gerund	Musty not said here		damp property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	do	present	a room or food			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not air	present · perfect · passive		Musty		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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.

Example 1

They gave me onions and musty wine.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wine	cc
6	musty	musty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wine	amod
7	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 onions	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	onions and musty wine	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient onion=Theme

Example 2

The cellar smelled musty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cellar	det
2	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	nsubj
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	musty	musty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smelled	xcomp
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smelled	punct

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

Example 3

Musty eggs were served at the feast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Musty	musty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eggs	amod
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 feast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 served	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past · passive		Musty eggs		the feast			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

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