silky

Who acts: kitten, hair, chocolate sauce, footballer, fox, Satin · What happens: have, be, show, speak, trick, feel · To what, where: silky fur, silky skills, silky voice, hen, little black dog, side · Speech: someone speaks here

«silky» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: silky in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Smooth, soft and shiny, like silk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 soft	punct
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Smooth	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shiny	cc
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Smooth	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 silk	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 silk	case
8	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smooth	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Smooth	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: voice, movement — kept apart, not parsed.

Smooth and gentle: a silky voice, silky skills (in sport).

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 gentle	cc
3	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Smooth	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 voice	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
6	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Smooth	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 skills	punct
9	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 skills	amod
10	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 voice	appos
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 sport	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 sport	case
13	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skills	nmod
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 sport	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Smooth	punct

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

Example 1

The kitten had silky fur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kitten	det
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fur	amod
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

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

Example 2

Her hair was long and silky.

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 silky	cc
6	silky	silky	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 chocolate sauce was silky smooth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sauce	det
2	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sauce	compound
3	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smooth	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 smooth	cop
5	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smooth	amod
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 smooth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the chocolate sauce					smooth property	tree rules

Example 4

The footballer showed silky skills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 footballer	det
2	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skills	amod
5	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 showed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 showed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the footballer	silky skills					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient

Example 5

The fox spoke in a silky voice to trick the hen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 voice	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
6	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 trick	mark
9	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spoke	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hen	det
11	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trick	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the fox			a silky voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trick	to-infinitive	the fox not said here	the hen					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Patient

Example 6

Satin feels silky to touch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Satin	satin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 touch	mark
5	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 silky	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Satin					silky property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	touch	to-infinitive	Satin not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gray	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gray	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 gray	advmod
4	gray	gray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 dog	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dog	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dog	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dog	amod
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dog	amod
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gray	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hair	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 hair	case
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hair	amod
15	silky	silky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hair	amod
16	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dog	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 eyes	cc
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 eyes	amod
19	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 eyes	amod
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hair	conj
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 twinkled	nsubj
22	twinkled	twinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 hair	acl:relcl
23	merrily	merrily	ADV	_	22 twinkled	advmod
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 side	case
25	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	26 side	det
26	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 twinkled	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	32 nose	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 nose	nmod:poss
29	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 nose	amod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 funny	punct
31	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 nose	amod
32	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 side	nmod
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gray	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	Toto			gray property	tree rules
2	is a	past	Toto	a little black dog and long silky hair and small black eyes			tree rules
3	twinkle	past	long silky hair and small black eyes		either side of Toto's funny wee nose	merrily property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location

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