sightless
Who acts: Sightless, lizard, Ferko · What happens: mean, see, move, move in, wait, rub · To what, where: sunshine, dew, sightless eyes
«sightless» 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: sightless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Sightless means unable to see; blind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sightless | Sightless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 unable | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 blind | punct |
| 7 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Sightless | unable property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Sightless not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Something moved in the sunshine, in the sightless cavernous eyes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Something | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sunshine | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sunshine | det |
| 5 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 eyes | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 eyes | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 eyes | det |
| 9 | sightless | sightless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 eyes | amod |
| 10 | cavernous | cavernous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 eyes | amod |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Something | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Something | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | participle | the sunshine | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Trajectory |
Example 2
A lizard moved in and out of the sightless holes of the skull.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lizard | det |
| 2 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 moved | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 holes | cc |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 holes | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 holes | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 holes | det |
| 9 | sightless | sightless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 holes | amod |
| 10 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moved | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 skull | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 skull | det |
| 13 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 holes | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move in | past | a lizard | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
Ferko waited to rub the dew on his sightless eyes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferko | Ferko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 waited | nsubj |
| 2 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 rub | mark |
| 4 | rub | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 waited | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dew | det |
| 6 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rub | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sightless | sightless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 eyes | amod |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rub | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 waited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | Ferko | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | rub | to-infinitive | Ferko not said here | the dew | Ferko's sightless eyes | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dew=Theme on eye=Destination |
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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