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prickly

Who acts: hedgehog, foxes, you, cactus, wool jumper, Grandad · What happens: cover, give, sting, tingle, deal, cause · To what, where: arguments, hedgehog, neck, prickly subject, prickly heat, holiday

«prickly» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: prickly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Covered in sharp points or prickles, like a hedgehog, cactus or holly.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 points	case
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 points	amod
4	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Covered	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 prickles	cc
6	prickles	prickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 points	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hedgehog	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 hedgehog	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hedgehog	det
10	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 points	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cactus	punct
12	cactus	cactus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hedgehog	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 holly	cc
14	holly	holly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hedgehog	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle						in sharp points or prickles and a hedgehog and cactus or holly	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in point=Theme

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

Giving a stinging or tingling feeling: a prickly jumper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 feeling	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feeling	det
3	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 feeling	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 tingling	cc
5	tingling	tingle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stinging	conj
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 jumper	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 jumper	det
9	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jumper	amod
10	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeling	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	sting	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	tingle	gerund							vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: of a person — kept apart, not parsed.

Easily annoyed or upset; grumpy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easily	easily	ADV	_	2 annoyed	advmod
2	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 upset	cc
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 annoyed	conj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 grumpy	punct
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 annoyed	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 annoyed	punct

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

Meaning 4

Usage: of a problem — kept apart, not parsed.

Hard to deal with and likely to cause arguments.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 deal	mark
3	deal	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hard	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	3 deal	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 likely	cc
6	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hard	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cause	mark
8	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 likely	xcomp
9	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cause	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	to-infinitive							vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	cause	to-infinitive		arguments					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition argument=Patient

Example 1

The hedgehog is prickly so foxes leave it alone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hedgehog	det
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prickly	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prickly	cop
4	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 leave	advmod
6	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leave	nsubj
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prickly	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leave	obj
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 leave	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prickly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hedgehog					prickly property	tree rules
2	leave	present	foxes	hedgehog				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 2

Be careful, the cactus is very prickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prickly	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cactus	det
5	cactus	cactus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prickly	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prickly	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 prickly	advmod
8	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 careful	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					careful property	tree rules
2	is	present	the cactus					prickly property	tree rules

Example 3

This wool jumper feels prickly on my neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 jumper	det
2	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumper	compound
3	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feels	nsubj
4	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feels	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 neck	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 neck	nmod:poss
8	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feels	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	this wool jumper			my neck		prickly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Grandad gets prickly when he is tired.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gets	xcomp
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 tired	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tired	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tired	cop
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prickly	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Grandad					prickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	Grandad					tired property	tree rules

Example 5

Money can be a prickly subject.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 subject	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 subject	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 subject	det
5	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 subject	amod
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 subject	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Money	a prickly subject					tree rules

Example 6

Holly leaves are prickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	compound
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prickly	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prickly	cop
4	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prickly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Holly leaves					prickly property	tree rules

Example 7

She got prickly heat on holiday in Spain.

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 heat	amod
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 holiday	case
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Spain	case
8	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	prickly heat		holiday		in Spain	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heat=Theme on holiday=Source

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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