shapeless

Who acts: clay, she, He, Water, it, essay · What happens: have, not fit, not organise, be, make, wear · To what, where: clear shape, body, shapeless story, shapeless lump, pot, big shapeless jumper

«shapeless» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: shapeless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having no clear or definite shape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 shape	det
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 definite	cc
5	definite	definite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clear	conj
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		no clear shape					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: clothes — kept apart, not parsed.

Loose and baggy, not fitting the body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 baggy	cc
3	baggy	baggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Loose	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fitting	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fitting	advmod
6	fitting	fit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Loose	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fitting	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Loose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fit	gerund		the body					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Meaning 3

Not well organised: a shapeless story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 organised	advmod
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 organised	advmod
3	organised	organise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 organised	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 organised	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 organised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not organise	participle		a shapeless story				well property	tree rules

Example 1

The clay was a shapeless lump until she made a pot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clay	det
2	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lump	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lump	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lump	det
5	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lump	amod
6	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 made	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lump	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pot	det
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the clay	a shapeless lump					tree rules
2	make	past	she	a pot					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Product

Example 2

He wore a big, shapeless jumper.

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jumper	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 jumper	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 big	punct
6	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 jumper	amod
7	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	He	a big shapeless jumper					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent jumper=Source

Example 3

A shapeless figure moved in the mist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 figure	det
2	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 figure	amod
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 figure	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mist	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mist	det
7	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 figure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	participle		a shapeless figure not said here		the mist			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in mist=Trajectory

Example 4

Water is shapeless; it takes the shape of the glass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shapeless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shapeless	cop
3	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 takes	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 takes	nsubj
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shapeless	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shape	det
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 glass	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 glass	det
11	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shape	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shapeless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Water					shapeless property	tree rules
2	take	present	it	the shape of the glass					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme

Example 5

The essay was long and shapeless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 essay	det
2	essay	essay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 long	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 long	cop
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shapeless	cc
6	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the essay					long property	tree rules
2	be		the essay not said here						tree rules

Example 6

The melted snowman became a shapeless heap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 snowman	det
2	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 snowman	amod
3	snowman	snowman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	nsubj
4	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 heap	det
6	shapeless	shapeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heap	amod
7	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 became	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	become	past	the melted snowman	a shapeless heap					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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