outlandish
Who acts: Outlandish, She, outlandish bird, king, your · What happens: mean, be, wear, land, not understand, say · To what, where: foreign land, outlandish clothes, distant land, wall, outlandish talk · Speech: someone speaks here
«outlandish» 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: outlandish in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Outlandish means strange and odd, unlike what is usual, often from a far-off foreign land.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outlandish | Outlandish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 odd | cc |
| 5 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 strange | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 usual | punct |
| 7 | unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 10 usual | mark |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 usual | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 usual | cop |
| 10 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 land | punct |
| 12 | often | often | ADV | _ | 19 land | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 land | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 land | det |
| 15 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 land | advmod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 far | punct |
| 17 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 land | case |
| 18 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 land | amod |
| 19 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 usual | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Outlandish | strange property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a foreign land | usual property | tree rules |
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
She wore outlandish clothes from a distant land.
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 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | outlandish | outlandish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clothes | amod |
| 4 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 wore | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 land | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 land | det |
| 7 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 land | amod |
| 8 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | She | outlandish clothes | a distant land | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme from land=Source |
Example 2
An outlandish bird with blue feathers landed on the wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | outlandish | outlandish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 landed | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 feathers | case |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feathers | amod |
| 6 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bird | nmod |
| 7 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 wall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wall | det |
| 10 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 landed | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 landed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | past | a outlandish bird with blue feathers | the wall | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on wall=Destination |
Example 3
"I don't understand your outlandish talk," said the king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 understand | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 understand | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 understand | advmod |
| 5 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 talk | nmod:poss |
| 7 | outlandish | outlandish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 talk | amod |
| 8 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 understand | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 understand | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 understand | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not understand in a quote | present · do-support | the king = king | your outlandish talk | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer talk=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | talk in a quote | your | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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