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poky

Who acts: They, bedroom, car, Mole, Rat, house · What happens: live, be, fear, think, cook, squeeze · To what, where: poky little flat, bit poky, poky little café · Speech: someone speaks here

«poky» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: poky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Of a room or house: small and cramped, with not enough space.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 room	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 room	det
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 house	cc
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 room	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 small	punct
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 room	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cramped	cc
9	cramped	cramped	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 small	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 space	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 space	case
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 enough	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 space	amod
14	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 small	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: USA, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Slow and dull.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dull	cc
3	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Slow	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Slow	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: noun, USA slang, «the pokey» — kept apart, not parsed.

jail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	jail	jail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 jail	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

They lived in a poky little flat above the shop.

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 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 flat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flat	det
5	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flat	amod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flat	amod
7	flat	flat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 shop	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shop	det
10	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flat	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			a poky little flat above the shop			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flat=Location

Example 2

My bedroom is a bit poky.

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 bedroom	nmod:poss
2	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poky	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poky	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 poky	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poky	compound
6	poky	poky	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 poky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My bedroom	a bit poky					tree rules

Example 3

The car was poky and slow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poky	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poky	cop
4	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slow	cc
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poky	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 poky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the car					poky property	tree rules
2	be		the car not said here						tree rules

Example 4

Mole feared the Rat would think his house was poky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 think	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 house	nmod:poss
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poky	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 poky	cop
10	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 think	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	Mole						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	would	the Rat						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	Rat's house					poky property	tree rules

Example 5

It was hard to cook in the poky kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hard	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	cop
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cook	mark
5	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitchen	det
8	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kitchen	amod
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cook	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						hard property	tree rules
2	cook	to-infinitive						in the poky kitchen	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in kitchen=Instrument

Example 6

We squeezed into a poky little café.

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 squeezed	nsubj
2	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	7 café	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 café	det
5	poky	poky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 café	amod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 café	amod
7	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squeezed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 squeezed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	past	We			a poky little café			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent into café=Trajectory

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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