snaky
Who acts: Snaky, Snaky hair, hair, Worm · What happens: mean, wind, twist, look, be, uncoil · To what, where: snaky body
«snaky» 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: snaky in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snaky | snaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 snake | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 snake | det |
| 5 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 long | punct |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 snake | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 winding | punct |
| 9 | winding | wind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 long | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 twisting | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 twisting | cc |
| 12 | twisting | twist | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 winding | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Snaky | like a snake | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wind | gerund | Snaky not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | twist | gerund | Snaky not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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
Snaky hair or locks look like coiled snakes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snaky | snaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hair | amod |
| 2 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | nsubj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 locks | cc |
| 4 | locks | lock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hair | conj |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 snakes | case |
| 7 | coiled | coiled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 snakes | amod |
| 8 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 look | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Snaky hair or locks | like coiled snakes | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 1
Medusa's hair was full of snaky locks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medusa | Medusa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Medusa | case |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 locks | case |
| 7 | snaky | snaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 locks | amod |
| 8 | locks | lock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Medusa's hair | of snaky locks; full property | tree rules |
Example 2
The river wound in snaky bends.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wound | det |
| 2 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wound | compound |
| 3 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bends | case |
| 5 | snaky | snaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bends | amod |
| 6 | bends | bend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wound | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wound | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
The Worm uncoiled its snaky body from the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Worm | det |
| 2 | Worm | worm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uncoiled | nsubj |
| 3 | uncoiled | uncoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 body | nmod:poss |
| 5 | snaky | snaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 body | amod |
| 6 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uncoiled | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 hill | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hill | det |
| 9 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uncoiled | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 uncoiled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uncoil | past | the Worm | Worm's snaky body | from the hill | vn separate-23.1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent body=Patient from hill=Co-Patient |
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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