numberless
Who acts: stars, Numberless birds, She · What happens: not count, be, sing, have · To what, where: they, trees, numberless wishes
«numberless» 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: numberless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
So many that they cannot be counted; without number.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 number | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 counted | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 counted | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 counted | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 counted | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 counted | aux:pass |
| 8 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 many | advcl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 number | punct |
| 10 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 number | case |
| 11 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 number | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | can · passive | they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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
The stars in the sky were numberless.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 stars | det |
| 2 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 numberless | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sky | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sky | det |
| 5 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stars | nmod |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 numberless | cop |
| 7 | numberless | numberless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 numberless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the stars in the sky | numberless property | tree rules |
Example 2
Numberless birds sang in the trees.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numberless | numberless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 birds | amod |
| 2 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sang | nsubj |
| 3 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 trees | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 trees | det |
| 6 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sang | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | Numberless birds | the trees | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
Example 3
She had numberless wishes.
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 | numberless | numberless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wishes | amod |
| 4 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | numberless wishes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=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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