slender
Who acts: giraffe, She, slender chance, slender girl · What happens: have, bend, win, run · To what, where: long slender legs, slender reed, wind, slender chance
«slender» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: slender in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Thin, graceful and narrow, not thick or heavy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 graceful | punct |
| 3 | graceful | graceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Thin | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 narrow | cc |
| 5 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Thin | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 thick | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 thick | advmod |
| 8 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Thin | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 heavy | cc |
| 10 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thick | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thin | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Small or slight, as in a slender chance.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chance | amod |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 slight | cc |
| 3 | slight | slight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Small | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chance | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 chance | case |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 chance | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chance | det |
| 8 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chance | amod |
| 9 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 chance | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The giraffe has long slender legs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giraffe | det |
| 2 | giraffe | giraffe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legs | amod |
| 5 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legs | amod |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the giraffe | long slender legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
Example 2
A slender reed bent in the wind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reed | det |
| 2 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reed | amod |
| 3 | reed | reed | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reed | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 wind | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wind | det |
| 7 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bent | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | participle | a slender reed not said here | the wind | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wind=Location |
Example 3
She had a slender chance of winning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chance | det |
| 4 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chance | amod |
| 5 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 winning | mark |
| 7 | winning | win | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 chance | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | a slender chance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | ||||
| 2 | win | gerund | a slender chance not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
The slender girl ran fast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | slender | slender | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the slender girl | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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