pitchy
Who acts: Pitchy, land, cave, hair · What happens: mean, make, find, be · To what, where: sticky black stuff, tar, Old use, fairy tales
«pitchy» 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: pitchy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar. Old use, found in fairy tales.
Sentence 1: Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitchy | pitchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 black | case |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | obl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 pitch | case |
| 6 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 black | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stuff | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stuff | det |
| 9 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stuff | amod |
| 10 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stuff | amod |
| 11 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 black | conj |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 stuff | acl |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 tar | case |
| 14 | tar | tar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Pitchy | as black and the sticky black stuff | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as black=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | the sticky black stuff not said here | tar | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from tar=Material |
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.
Sentence 2: Old use, found in fairy tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 use | amod |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 use | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tales | case |
| 6 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tales | compound |
| 7 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | participle | Old use not said here | fairy tales | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
Upon the ground the land was pitchy black.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ground | det |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 black | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 land | det |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 black | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 black | cop |
| 7 | pitchy | pitchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 black | amod |
| 8 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 black | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the land | upon the ground; black property | tree rules |
Example 2
The cave was pitchy dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cave | det |
| 2 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dark | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dark | cop |
| 4 | pitchy | pitchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dark | amod |
| 5 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the cave | dark property | tree rules |
Example 3
Her hair was pitchy black.
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 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 black | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 black | cop |
| 4 | pitchy | pitchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 black | amod |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 black | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Her hair | black property | 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.
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