silken

Who acts: princess, hair, river, fur, He, king · What happens: make, wear, be, slide, feel, speak · To what, where: silken gown, soft silken voice, silken thread, web, silken cushions · Speech: someone speaks here

«silken» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: silken in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Made of silk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 silk	case
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obl
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle						of silk	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Soft, smooth and shiny like silk: «silken hair», «a silken voice».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hair	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 smooth	punct
3	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shiny	cc
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 silk	case
7	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shiny	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 hair	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 hair	punct
10	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hair	amod
11	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 hair	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 voice	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 voice	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 voice	det
16	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 voice	amod
17	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hair	parataxis
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 voice	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 hair	punct

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

Example 1

The princess wore a silken gown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gown	det
5	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gown	amod
6	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the princess	a silken gown					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gown=Theme

Example 2

Her hair was long and silken.

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 hair	nmod:poss
2	hair	hair	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 silken	cc
6	silken	silken	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	Her hair					long property	tree rules
2	be		Her hair not said here						tree rules

Example 3

The river slid by with a silken sound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	nsubj
3	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 sound	case
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 sound	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sound	det
7	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sound	amod
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	the river					by a silken sound	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sound=Trajectory

Example 4

The cat's fur felt silken under my hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fur	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cat	case
4	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 felt	nsubj
5	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 felt	xcomp
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hand	nmod:poss
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silken	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the cat's fur					silken property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

He spoke in a soft, silken voice.

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soft	punct
7	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 voice	amod
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He			a soft silken voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

A silken thread hung from the spider's web.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thread	det
2	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thread	amod
3	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thread	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 web	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spider	det
7	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 web	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 spider	case
9	web	web	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle		a silken thread not said here		the spider's web			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

The king sat on silken cushions.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cushions	case
5	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cushions	amod
6	cushions	cushion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the king			silken cushions			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cushion=Location

Example 8

How her silken robe is rustling!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 rustling	advmod
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 robe	nmod:poss
3	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 robe	amod
4	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rustling	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rustling	aux
6	rustling	rustle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 rustling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rustle	present · progressive	her silken robe						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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