pretty

Who acts: She, test, I, it, two drawings, village · What happens: look, wear, be, go · To what, where: pretty blue dress, rain, coat

«pretty» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: pretty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Nice to look at; attractive in a gentle way: «a pretty dress».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 look	mark
3	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nice	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	3 look	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 attractive	punct
6	attractive	attractive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nice	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attractive	obl
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 dress	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 dress	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dress	det
14	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dress	amod
15	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 way	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 dress	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: adverb — kept apart, not parsed.

Fairly, quite, rather: «pretty good», «pretty cold».

The tree, 7 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairly	fairly	ADV	_	3 quite	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fairly	punct
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rather	punct
5	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	3 quite	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cold	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 cold	punct
13	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	14 cold	advmod
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 good	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 cold	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct

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

Meaning 3

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

Very nearly: «pretty much the same».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 nearly	advmod
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct

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

Example 1

What a pretty garden!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 garden	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 garden	det
3	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 garden	amod
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 garden	punct

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

Example 2

She wore a pretty blue dress.

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dress	det
4	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dress	amod
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dress	amod
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	a pretty blue dress					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme

Example 3

The test was pretty easy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 test	det
2	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 easy	cop
4	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	5 easy	advmod
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 easy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the test					easy, pretty property	tree rules

Example 4

I'm pretty sure it's going to rain.

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	4 sure	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	4 sure	advmod
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 going	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sure	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rain	mark
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					pretty, sure property	tree rules
2	go	present · progressive	it	rain					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

It's pretty cold outside, so wear a coat.

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	4 cold	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	cop
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 wear	advmod
8	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coat	det
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wear	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					cold, outside, pretty property	tree rules
2	wear	infinitive		a coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Example 6

The two drawings are pretty much the same.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drawings	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 drawings	nummod
3	drawings	drawing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 same	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 same	cop
5	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the two drawings					same property	tree rules

Example 7

The village is prettiest in spring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 village	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prettiest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prettiest	cop
4	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 spring	case
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prettiest	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prettiest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the village				spring	pretty property	tree rules

Example 8

She was pretty and delicate indeed.

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	5 delicate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 delicate	cop
3	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	5 delicate	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 delicate	cc
5	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	5 delicate	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 delicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					delicate, indeed, pretty 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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