prim

Who acts: She, you · What happens: sit, not be, laugh, frown · To what, where: lap, boy, prim old lady

«prim» 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: prim in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 neat	advmod
2	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 proper	punct
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 neat	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 strict	cc
6	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 neat	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 manners	case
8	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 strict	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 careful	punct
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 careful	advmod
11	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 neat	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 rules	case
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 careful	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 untidy	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 untidy	advmod
16	untidy	untidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 careful	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 neat	punct

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

Example 1

She sat prim and straight with her hands in her lap.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	prim	prim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sat	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hands	cc
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 hands	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 hands	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sat	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lap	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lap	nmod:poss
11	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	She			her lap		prim property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location

Example 2

"Don't be so prim," laughed the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 prim	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 prim	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 prim	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 prim	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 prim	advmod
6	prim	prim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 laughed	punct
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 prim	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laughed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 prim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here					prim property	tree rules
2	laugh	past	you not said here	the boy					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

Example 3

The prim old lady frowned at the muddy children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
2	prim	prim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	frowned	frown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lady	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
8	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 frowned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frown	participle		the prim old lady not said here				at the muddy children	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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