sombre
Who acts: He, room, sombre mood · What happens: wear, be, frighten · To what, where: sombre black coat, children
«sombre» 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: sombre in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Dark and gloomy in colour or light.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 gloomy | cc |
| 3 | gloomy | gloomy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Dark | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 colour | case |
| 5 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gloomy | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 light | cc |
| 7 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 colour | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dark | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Serious and sad, without cheer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 sad | cc |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Serious | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cheer | punct |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 cheer | case |
| 6 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Serious | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Serious | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
He wore a sombre black coat.
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 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coat | det |
| 4 | sombre | sombre | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coat | amod |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coat | amod |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | He | a sombre black coat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Example 2
The room was dark and sombre.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 room | det |
| 2 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dark | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dark | cop |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sombre | cc |
| 6 | sombre | sombre | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dark | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the room | dark property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the room not said here | tree rules |
Example 3
The king's sombre mood frightened the children.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mood | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | sombre | sombre | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mood | amod |
| 5 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frightened | nsubj |
| 6 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 children | det |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 frightened | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 frightened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | the king's sombre mood | the children | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=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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