scruffy

Who acts: jumper, scruffy little dog, you, garden, handwriting, she · What happens: wear out, be, follow, tuck, look, rush · To what, where: us, shirt

«scruffy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: scruffy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Untidy and a bit dirty or worn out, about a person, clothes or a place.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Untidy	untidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dirty	cc
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dirty	obl:unmarked
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Untidy	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 worn	cc
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 dirty	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 worn	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 person	punct
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 clothes	punct
14	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 person	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 place	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 place	det
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 person	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Untidy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear out	participle						about a person and clothes or a place	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: of an animal — kept apart, not parsed.

With messy, rough fur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	5 fur	case
2	messy	messy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fur	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 messy	punct
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fur	amod
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fur	punct

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

Example 1

His jumper was scruffy with holes in the elbows.

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 jumper	nmod:poss
2	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scruffy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scruffy	cop
4	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 holes	case
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scruffy	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 elbows	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 elbows	det
9	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 holes	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scruffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His jumper					with holes in the elbows; scruffy property	tree rules

Example 2

A scruffy little dog followed us home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
2	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	nsubj
5	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 followed	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 followed	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	a scruffy little dog	us				home property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

Example 3

Tuck your shirt in — you look scruffy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tuck	tuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shirt	nmod:poss
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tuck	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 look	mark
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 look	nsubj
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tuck	advcl
8	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 look	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	imperative	you not said here	your shirt					vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme
2	look	present	you					scruffy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

The garden looked scruffy after the winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 garden	det
2	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	scruffy	scruffy	ADV	_	3 looked	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the garden				winter	scruffy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

Her handwriting was scruffy because she rushed.

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 handwriting	nmod:poss
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scruffy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scruffy	cop
4	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 rushed	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rushed	nsubj
7	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scruffy	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scruffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her handwriting	scruffy property	tree rules
2	rush	past	she		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	handwrite		Her = she		nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The scruffy old teddy was still his favourite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teddy	det
2	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teddy	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teddy	amod
4	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 favourite	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 favourite	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	8 favourite	advmod
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 favourite	nmod:poss
8	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 favourite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the scruffy old teddy				still	favourite property	tree rules

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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