rakish

Who acts: Rakish, He, pirate, rakish hat · What happens: mean, dash, wear, have, sit · To what, where: jaunty, cap, rakish angle, rakish grin, curls

«rakish» 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: rakish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Rakish means dashing, jaunty and a little cheeky, as in a hat set at a bold slant.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rakish	rakish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dashing	dash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 jaunty	punct
5	jaunty	jaunty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dashing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cheeky	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 little	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cheeky	obl:unmarked
9	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jaunty	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 set	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 set	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 set	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 set	det
14	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 set	compound
15	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dashing	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 slant	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 slant	det
18	bold	bold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 slant	amod
19	slant	slant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 set	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Rakish						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dash not said to happen	gerund	Rakish not said here	jaunty				as a hat set at a bold slant	vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaunty=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

He wore his cap at a rakish angle.

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cap	nmod:poss
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 angle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 angle	det
7	rakish	rakish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 angle	amod
8	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	He	his cap		a rakish angle			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme

Example 2

The pirate had a rakish grin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pirate	det
2	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grin	det
5	rakish	rakish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grin	amod
6	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the pirate	a rakish grin					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Patient

Example 3

A rakish hat sat over his curls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hat	det
2	rakish	rakish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hat	amod
3	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 curls	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 curls	nmod:poss
7	curls	curl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a rakish hat			his curls			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over curl=Location

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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