pinky
Who acts: pinky, We, I, baby, cheeks, You · What happens: be, make, keep, hurt, hold, go · To what, where: smallest finger, pinky promise, secret, pinky, door, cold
«pinky» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: pinky in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The smallest finger on your hand; the little finger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 finger | det |
| 2 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 finger | amod |
| 3 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 hand | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hand | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finger | nmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 finger | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 finger | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 finger | amod |
| 10 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finger | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finger | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: adjective, UK — kept apart, not parsed.
Slightly pink.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 2 pink | advmod |
| 2 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pink | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
My pinky is my smallest finger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pinky | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 finger | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 finger | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 finger | nmod:poss |
| 5 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 finger | amod |
| 6 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 finger | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My pinky | my smallest finger | tree rules |
Example 2
We made a pinky promise to keep the secret.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 promise | det |
| 4 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 promise | compound |
| 5 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 promise | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 secret | det |
| 9 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | We | a pinky promise | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | We not said here | the secret | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |
Example 3
I hurt my pinky in the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 pinky | nmod:poss |
| 4 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurt | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurt | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | I | my pinky | the door | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pinky=Patient |
Example 4
The baby held my pinky tightly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pinky | nmod:poss |
| 5 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 6 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 3 held | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the baby | my pinky | tightly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinky=Theme |
Example 5
Her cheeks went pinky in the cold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cold | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Her cheeks | pinky | the cold | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pinky=Theme |
Example 6
You must keep a pinky promise.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 promise | det |
| 5 | pinky | pinky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 promise | compound |
| 6 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | must | You | a pinky promise | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
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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