shrivelled
Who acts: shrivelled frog, He, old dwarf · What happens: shrivell, mean, dry up, wrinkle, shrink, sit · To what, where: corner, sack, shrivelled face · Speech: someone speaks here
«shrivelled» 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: shrivelled in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrivelled | shrivell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 dried | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wrinkled | cc |
| 6 | wrinkled | wrinkle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dried | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shrunk | punct |
| 8 | shrunk | shrink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wrinkled | conj |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shrunk | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 tight | cc |
| 11 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 small | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 apple | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 apple | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 apple | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 apple | amod |
| 16 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shrunk | obl |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 leaf | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 leaf | det |
| 19 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 leaf | amod |
| 20 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 apple | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrivell | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | dry up | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | wrinkle | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | shrink | participle | like a old apple or a dead leaf; small property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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
The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 frog | det |
| 2 | shrivelled | shrivell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 frog | amod |
| 3 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sat | nsubj |
| 4 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 sat | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sat | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrivell | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | sit | past | the shrivelled frog | the corner | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location |
Example 2
He sold a sack of shrivelled apples.
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 sold | nsubj |
| 2 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sack | det |
| 4 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sold | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 apples | case |
| 6 | shrivelled | shrivell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 apples | amod |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sack | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | He | a sack of shrivelled apples | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shrivell | participle | tree rules |
Example 3
The old dwarf had a shrivelled face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dwarf | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dwarf | amod |
| 3 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 face | det |
| 6 | shrivelled | shrivell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 face | amod |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the old dwarf | a shrivelled face | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | ||||
| 2 | shrivell | participle | tree rules |
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