spangled
Who acts: leaves · What happens: spangle, mean, cover, sparkle, glitter · To what, where: dress, sun., night sky · Speech: someone speaks here
«spangled» 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: spangled in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Spangled means covered with small, shiny bits, like sparkling spots or stars.
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spangled | spangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 bits | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bits | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 small | punct |
| 7 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bits | amod |
| 8 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 covered | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 spots | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 spots | case |
| 11 | sparkling | sparkle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 spots | amod |
| 12 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bits | nmod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 stars | cc |
| 14 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 spots | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spangle | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | cover | participle | with small shiny bits like sparkling spots or stars | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bit=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sparkle | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP 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.
Example 1
The dress was spangled with silver stars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dress | det |
| 2 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spangled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spangled | aux:pass |
| 4 | spangled | spangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 stars | case |
| 6 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stars | compound |
| 7 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spangled | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 spangled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spangle | past · passive | the dress | with silver stars | tree rules |
Example 2
The leaves glittered, diamond-spangled in the sun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 leaves | det |
| 2 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glittered | nsubj |
| 3 | glittered | glitter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spangled | punct |
| 5 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spangled | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 diamond | punct |
| 7 | spangled | spangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 glittered | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 sun. | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sun. | det |
| 10 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spangled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glitter | past | the leaves | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spangle | participle | the leaves not said here | the sun. | tree rules |
Example 3
The night sky was spangled with stars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sky | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sky | compound |
| 3 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spangled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spangled | aux:pass |
| 5 | spangled | spangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 stars | case |
| 7 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spangled | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 spangled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spangle | past · passive | the night sky | with stars | tree rules |
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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