smallness
Who acts: Smallness, He · What happens: be, surprise, admire, not matter · To what, where: quality, size, everyone, smallness
«smallness» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: smallness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Smallness is the quality of being small in size or height.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smallness | smallness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 quality | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 quality | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 quality | det |
| 4 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 small | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 small | cop |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 quality | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 size | case |
| 9 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 small | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 height | cc |
| 11 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 size | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 quality | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Smallness | the quality | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | size or height | small property | tree rules |
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.
Example 1
The smallness of the mouse surprised everyone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smallness | det |
| 2 | smallness | smallness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 surprised | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mouse | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouse | det |
| 5 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 smallness | nmod |
| 6 | surprised | surprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 surprised | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 surprised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surprise | past | the smallness of the mouse | everyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer |
Example 2
He admired the smallness of the tent.
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 admired | nsubj |
| 2 | admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smallness | det |
| 4 | smallness | smallness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 admired | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 tent | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tent | det |
| 7 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smallness | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 admired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admire | past | He | the smallness of the tent | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smallness=Stimulus |
Example 3
Her smallness did not matter to her friends.
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 smallness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | smallness | smallness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 matter | advmod |
| 5 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 matter | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | past · do-support | Her smallness | to smallness's friends | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to friend=Experiencer |
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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