prodigious
Who acts: hero, song, bird, He · What happens: have, be, sing, run · To what, where: prodigious strength, prodigious speed
«prodigious» 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: prodigious in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very large, great or amazing in size, strength or amount.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 large | advmod |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 large | conj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 amazing | cc |
| 6 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 large | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 size | case |
| 8 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 amazing | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 strength | punct |
| 10 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 size | conj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 amount | cc |
| 12 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 size | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 large | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The hero had prodigious strength.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hero | det |
| 2 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | prodigious | prodigious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 strength | amod |
| 5 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the hero | prodigious strength | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient |
Example 2
The bird's song was prodigious and loud.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 song | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 bird | case |
| 4 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prodigious | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 prodigious | cop |
| 6 | prodigious | prodigious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 loud | cc |
| 8 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 prodigious | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 prodigious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bird's song | prodigious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the bird's song not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | sing | the bird | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
He ran at a prodigious speed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 speed | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 speed | det |
| 5 | prodigious | prodigious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 speed | amod |
| 6 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ran | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | He | a prodigious speed | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=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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