pucker

Who acts: face, surprise, She, brow · What happens: be, gather up, pucker, whistle, speak, try · To what, where: whistle, lips · Speech: someone speaks here

«pucker» 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: pucker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To pucker is to wrinkle or gather up into small folds, especially the lips, the face or the brow.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pucker	mark
2	pucker	pucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrinkle	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrinkle	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wrinkle	mark
5	wrinkle	wrinkle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 gather	cc
7	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 wrinkle	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 gather	compound:prt
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 folds	case
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 folds	amod
11	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gather	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lips	punct
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 lips	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lips	det
15	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 folds	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 face	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 face	det
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 folds	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 brow	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 brow	det
21	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 face	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wrinkle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrinkle property	tree rules
2	gather up	infinitive						into small folds and the lips and the face or the brow	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent into fold=Co-Patient

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.

Example 1

His face puckered in a whistle of surprise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 face	nmod:poss
2	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puckered	nsubj
3	puckered	pucker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 whistle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 whistle	det
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puckered	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 surprise	case
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whistle	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 puckered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pucker	participle	His face			a whistle of surprise			vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	whistle		surprise						nom whistle «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

She puckered her lips before she spoke.

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 puckered	nsubj
2	puckered	pucker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lips	nmod:poss
4	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 puckered	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 spoke	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spoke	nsubj
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 puckered	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 puckered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pucker	past	She	her lips					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past	she						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Her brow puckered as she tried to remember.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brow	nmod:poss
2	brow	brow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puckered	nsubj
3	puckered	pucker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 tried	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tried	nsubj
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 puckered	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 remember	mark
8	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 puckered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	pucker	past	Her brow	vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	try	past	brow	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	remember not said to happen	to-infinitive	brow not said here	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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