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sinuous

Who acts: river, snake, sinuous path, Mole, arms, Eels · What happens: curve, wind, move, twist, be, woun up · To what, where: many bends, smooth graceful way, sinuous way, mountain, sleek sinuous river, sinuous shapes

«sinuous» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: sinuous in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Curving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a river.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curving	curve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 winding	cc
3	winding	wind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Curving	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bends	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 bends	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bends	amod
7	bends	bend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 winding	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 snake	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 snake	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 snake	det
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bends	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 river	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 snake	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Curving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curve	gerund							vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material
2	wind	gerund		many bends					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bend=Theme

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

Moving in a smooth, twisting, graceful way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 twisting	punct
6	twisting	twist	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 smooth	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smooth	punct
8	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Moving	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund				a smooth graceful way			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory
2	twist	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The river was sinuous and full of bends.

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	4 sinuous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sinuous	cop
4	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 full	cc
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sinuous	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bends	case
8	bends	bend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sinuous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the river					sinuous property	tree rules
2	be		the river not said here					of bends	tree rules

Example 2

The snake moved in a sinuous way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	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	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the snake			a sinuous way			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory

Example 3

A sinuous path wound up the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 path	det
2	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 path	amod
3	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	wound	woun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 path	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 wound	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mountain	det
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wound	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 path	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	woun up	participle	a sinuous path not said here	the mountain					tree rules

Example 4

Mole had never seen such a sleek, sinuous river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 river	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 river	det
7	sleek	sleek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 river	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sleek	punct
9	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 river	amod
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · perfect	Mole	such sleek sinuous river					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus

Example 5

The dancer's arms made sinuous shapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dancer	det
2	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arms	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dancer	case
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shapes	amod
7	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the dancer's arms	sinuous shapes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shape=Product

Example 6

Eels swim with sinuous movements.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eels	eel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	nsubj
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 movements	case
4	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 movements	amod
5	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	Eels					with sinuous movements	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with movement=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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