Who acts: you, bathroom floor, We, Soapy water, cheap shampoo, people · What happens: cover, wash, rub, be, blow, help · To what, where: dishes, warm soapy water, soapy hands, soapy bubbles, grease, hair · Speech: someone speaks here
«soapy» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: soapy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Full of soap or covered with soap (soapy water, soapy hands).
The tree, 11 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Full
full
ADJ
Degree=Pos
root
root
2
of
of
ADP
_
3 soap
case
3
soap
soap
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Full
obl
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 covered
cc
5
covered
cover
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
1 Full
conj
6
with
with
ADP
_
7 soap
case
7
soap
soap
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 covered
obl
8
(
(
PUNCT
_
10 water
punct
9
soapy
soapy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 water
amod
10
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 soap
appos
11
,
,
PUNCT
_
13 hands
punct
12
soapy
soapy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
13 hands
amod
13
hands
hand
NOUN
Number=Plur
10 water
conj
14
)
)
PUNCT
_
10 water
punct
15
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Full
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
cover
participle
with soap
vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with soap=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
Like soap in taste, smell or feel (a soapy taste).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Like
like
ADP
_
2 soap
case
2
soap
soap
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 smell
compound
3
in
in
ADP
_
4 taste
case
4
taste
taste
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 soap
nmod
5
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 smell
punct
6
smell
smell
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
7
or
or
CCONJ
_
8 feel
cc
8
feel
feel
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 smell
conj
9
(
(
PUNCT
_
12 taste
punct
10
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
12 taste
det
11
soapy
soapy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
12 taste
amod
12
taste
taste
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 smell
conj
13
)
)
PUNCT
_
12 taste
punct
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
6 smell
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Like a soap opera: too dramatic and emotional.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Like
like
ADP
_
4 opera
case
2
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
4 opera
det
3
soap
soap
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 opera
compound
4
opera
opera
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 dramatic
obl
5
:
:
PUNCT
_
7 dramatic
punct
6
too
too
ADV
_
7 dramatic
advmod
7
dramatic
dramatic
ADJ
Degree=Pos
root
root
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 emotional
cc
9
emotional
emotional
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 dramatic
conj
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
7 dramatic
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Wash the dishes in warm soapy water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Wash
wash
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 dishes
det
3
dishes
dish
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Wash
obj
4
in
in
ADP
_
7 water
case
5
warm
warm
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 water
amod
6
soapy
soapy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 water
amod
7
water
water
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Wash
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Wash
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
wash
imperative
you not said here
the dishes
warm soapy water
vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient
Example 2
Rub your soapy hands together for twenty seconds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Rub
rub
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
2
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
4 hands
nmod:poss
3
soapy
soapy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 hands
amod
4
hands
hand
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Rub
obj
5
together
together
ADV
_
1 Rub
advmod
6
for
for
ADP
_
8 seconds
case
7
twenty
twenty
NUM
NumForm=Word NumType=Card
8 seconds
nummod
8
seconds
second
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Rub
obl
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Rub
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
rub
imperative
you not said here
your soapy hands
second
together property
vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
Example 3
The bathroom floor is soapy and slippery — careful!
vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2
have
present
coriander
a soapy taste
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient
Example 8
"You have to work hard," said Holberg one day, when she was dipping clothes in the strong soapy water, and was obliged herself to split the logs for the fire.
The tree, 30 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4
dip
past · progressive
Holberg
clothes
the strong soapy water
vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme in water=Trajectory
5
oblige
past · passive
Holberg not said here
Holberg
vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: herself=Patient
6
split
to-infinitive
Holberg not said here
the logs
for the fire
vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=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.