odorous
Who acts: Odorous, garden, She · What happens: mean, have, describe, smell, be, hang · To what, where: smell, something, odorous herbs, kitchen · Speech: someone speaks here
«odorous» 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: odorous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Odorous means having a smell, usually a pleasant or strong one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odorous | Odorous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 smell | det |
| 5 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 7 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 12 one | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 9 | pleasant | pleasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 strong | cc |
| 11 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pleasant | conj |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 having | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Odorous | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | gerund | a smell | a pleasant one obl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=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.
Meaning 2
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Odorous describes something sweet-smelling, like flowers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odorous | Odorous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 describes | obj |
| 4 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 something | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 sweet | punct |
| 6 | smelling | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 something | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 flowers | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 flowers | case |
| 9 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 smelling | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | Odorous | something | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ||||
| 2 | smell | gerund | like flowers | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
The garden was odorous with roses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 garden | det |
| 2 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 odorous | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 odorous | cop |
| 4 | odorous | odorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 roses | case |
| 6 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 odorous | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 odorous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the garden | with roses; odorous property | tree rules |
Example 2
The odorous herbs hung in the kitchen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 herbs | det |
| 2 | odorous | odorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 herbs | amod |
| 3 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hung | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kitchen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kitchen | det |
| 7 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hung | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | participle · passive | the odorous herbs | the kitchen | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in kitchen=Destination |
Example 3
She was as white and odorous as the blossom.
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 | 4 white | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 white | cop |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 white | case |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 odorous | cc |
| 6 | odorous | odorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 white | conj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 blossom | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 blossom | det |
| 9 | blossom | blossom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 odorous | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 white | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | white property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | She not said here | as the blossom | tree rules |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odorous/