sheen

Who acts: Sheen, feathers, coat, light · What happens: be, blaze, have, make · To what, where: soft shine, surface, silky sheen, sheen, wall

«sheen» 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: sheen in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Sheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheen	sheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shine	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shine	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shine	amod
5	shine	shine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 gloss	cc
7	gloss	gloss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 surface	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 surface	det
10	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silk	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 silk	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surface	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fur	punct
16	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silk	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 feathers	cc
18	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fur	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sheen	a soft shine or gloss		a surface			tree rules

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

Its feathers blaze with a golden sheen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 feathers	nmod:poss
2	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blaze	nsubj
3	blaze	blaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 sheen	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sheen	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sheen	amod
7	sheen	sheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blaze	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blaze	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blaze	present	Its feathers					with a golden sheen	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with sheen=Theme

Example 2

The horse's coat had a silky sheen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 horse	case
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sheen	det
7	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sheen	amod
8	sheen	sheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the horse's coat	a silky sheen					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheen=Patient

Example 3

The light off the shield made a sheen on the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 light	det
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 shield	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shield	det
5	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 light	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sheen	det
8	sheen	sheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the light off the shield	a sheen		the wall			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sheen=Product

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