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squiffy

Who acts: picture, Aunt, you, Grandad, drawing, house · What happens: be, straighten, get, come out, draw · To what, where: picture, one glass, squiffy angle

«squiffy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: squiffy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Slightly drunk; tipsy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slightly	slightly	ADV	_	2 drunk	advmod
2	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 tipsy	punct
4	tipsy	tipsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drunk	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drunk	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Crooked, not straight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 straight	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 straight	advmod
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Crooked	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Crooked	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

The picture's a bit squiffy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squiffy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 squiffy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squiffy	obl:unmarked
6	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 squiffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the picture					a bit obl:unmarked; squiffy property	tree rules

Example 1

Aunt Jo was a bit squiffy after the party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squiffy	nsubj
2	Jo	Jo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Aunt	appos
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 squiffy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squiffy	obl:unmarked
6	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 squiffy	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 squiffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Aunt				after the party	a bit obl:unmarked; squiffy property	tree rules

Example 2

The picture on the wall is squiffy — can you straighten it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 squiffy	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picture	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 squiffy	cop
7	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 straighten	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 straighten	aux
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 straighten	nsubj
11	straighten	straighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 squiffy	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 straighten	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 squiffy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the picture on the wall					squiffy property	tree rules
2	straighten	can	you	picture					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 3

Grandad got squiffy on one glass of sherry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 glass	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 glass	nummod
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sherry	case
8	sherry	sherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glass	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Grandad			one glass of sherry		squiffy property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on glass=Source

Example 4

My drawing of the house came out all squiffy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 drawing	nmod:poss
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drawing	nmod
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 squiffy	advmod
9	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 came	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	My drawing of the house					out, squiffy property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	draw		the house						nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 5

His hat was on at a squiffy angle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hat	nmod:poss
2	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 angle	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 angle	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 angle	case
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 angle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 angle	det
7	squiffy	squiffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 angle	amod
8	angle	angle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 angle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His hat			a squiffy angle			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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