pliant

Who acts: Pliant, They, Young twigs, old wood, She · What happens: mean, bend, shape, break, weave, be · To what, where: net, pliant mind

«pliant» 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: pliant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pliant means bendy and easy to bend or shape without breaking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pliant	pliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bendy	bendy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 easy	cc
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bendy	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 bend	mark
7	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easy	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 shape	cc
9	shape	shape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bend	conj
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 breaking	mark
11	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 shape	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pliant	bendy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	bend	to-infinitive	Pliant not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shape	infinitive	Pliant not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	break	gerund	Pliant not said here		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Example 1

They wove a net with the pliant willow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 net	det
4	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 willow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 willow	det
7	pliant	pliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 willow	amod
8	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	past	They	a net				with the pliant willow	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Product

Example 2

Young twigs are pliant, but old wood is stiff.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 twigs	amod
2	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pliant	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pliant	cop
4	pliant	pliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stiff	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 stiff	cc
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wood	amod
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stiff	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stiff	cop
10	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pliant	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pliant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Young twigs					pliant property	tree rules
2	is	present	old wood					stiff property	tree rules

Example 3

She has a pliant mind and learns quickly.

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mind	det
4	pliant	pliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mind	amod
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 learns	cc
7	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 learns	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	a pliant mind					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	learn	present	She not said here					quickly property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=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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