skittish

Who acts: skittish pony, rabbits, you, dog · What happens: frighten, run off, shy, bolt, jump, be · To what, where: noise, sound, you

«skittish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: skittish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easily	easily	ADV	_	2 frightened	advmod
2	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nervous	punct
4	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 frightened	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 jumpy	cc
6	jumpy	jumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nervous	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ready	punct
8	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nervous	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 run	mark
10	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 ready	xcomp
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 run	compound:prt
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 noise	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 noise	det
14	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 frightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	participle						easily property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	run off	to-infinitive				any noise			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at noise=Trajectory

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

Of a horse, lively and likely to shy or bolt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 horse	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lively	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 horse	punct
5	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 likely	cc
7	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lively	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 shy	mark
9	shy	shy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 likely	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 bolt	cc
11	bolt	bolt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 shy	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lively	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shy	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	bolt	infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The skittish pony jumped at the sound of the bell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pony	det
2	skittish	skittish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pony	amod
3	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	nsubj
4	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 sound	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sound	det
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bell	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bell	det
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	the skittish pony			the sound of the bell			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sound=Trajectory

Example 2

The rabbits were skittish and ran at every noise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rabbits	det
2	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skittish	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 skittish	cop
4	skittish	skittish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 skittish	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 noise	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 noise	det
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 skittish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the rabbits					skittish property	tree rules
2	run	past	the rabbits not said here			every noise			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at noise=Trajectory

Example 3

Don't be skittish; the dog will not bite you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 skittish	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 skittish	cop
4	skittish	skittish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Do	csubj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 bite	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bite	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 bite	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 bite	advmod
10	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 skittish	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 bite	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	infinitive			skittish property	tree rules
3	not bite	future	the dog	you		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

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