snowflake

Who acts: person, snowflake, We, Scientists, He · What happens: make, say, be, land, have, cut · To what, where: single piece, snowflake, glove, six sides, paper snowflakes, Snowflakes · Speech: someone speaks here

«snowflake» 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: snowflake in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A single piece of snow made of ice crystals, usually with six points or sides.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 piece	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 piece	amod
3	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 snow	case
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 piece	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 piece	acl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 crystals	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crystals	compound
9	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 points	punct
11	usually	usually	ADV	_	14 points	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 points	case
13	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 points	nummod
14	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 sides	cc
16	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 points	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a single piece of snow not said here				of ice crystals; with six points or sides	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Usage: slang, insulting — kept apart, not parsed.

A person said to be too easily upset or offended.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	8 upset	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 upset	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 easily	advmod
7	easily	easily	ADV	_	8 upset	advmod
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 offended	cc
10	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 upset	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a person		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive		easily, upset property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules

Example 1

A snowflake landed on my glove.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 snowflake	det
2	snowflake	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 snowflake	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 glove	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 glove	nmod:poss
6	glove	glove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 landed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 snowflake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	participle		a snowflake not said here		my glove			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on glove=Destination

Example 2

Every snowflake has six sides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 snowflake	det
2	snowflake	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sides	nummod
5	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	every snowflake	six sides					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient

Example 3

We cut paper snowflakes for the window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snowflakes	compound
4	snowflakes	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	We	paper snowflakes				for the window	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent snowflake=Product for window=Asset

Example 4

Snowflakes drifted down past the streetlight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snowflakes	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	drifted	drift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Snowflakes	acl
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 drifted	compound:prt
4	past	past	ADP	_	6 streetlight	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 streetlight	det
6	streetlight	streetlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drifted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Snowflakes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift down	participle		Snowflakes not said here		the streetlight			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past streetlight=Trajectory

Example 5

Scientists photograph snowflakes under a microscope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 photograph	nsubj
2	photograph	photograph	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	snowflakes	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 photograph	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 microscope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 microscope	det
6	microscope	microscope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 photograph	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 photograph	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	photograph	present	Scientists	snowflakes		a microscope			vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent snowflake=Theme under microscope=Destination

Example 6

(slang, unkind) He called his cousin a snowflake for crying at the film.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 unkind	punct
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slang	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 unkind	punct
6	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 called	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cousin	nmod:poss
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 snowflake	det
11	snowflake	snowflake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 crying	mark
13	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 snowflake	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 film	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 film	det
16	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crying	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He	slang					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient
2	cry speech: express	gerund	a snowflake not said here			the film			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location

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