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starless

Who acts: Starless, cloud, sky, We, Clouds, She · What happens: mean, see, cover, be, not find, make · To what, where: sky, moon, starless cold street

«starless» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: starless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Starless means with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is covered by cloud or it is very dark.

The tree, 21 words
nsubjcasedetoblmarkaux:passaclpunctadvmodmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscaseoblccnsubjcopadvmodconjpunctrootStarlessPROPNmeansVERBwithADPnoDETstarsNOUNtoPARTbeAUXseenVERB,PUNCTusuallyADVbecauseSCONJtheDETskyNOUNisAUXcoveredVERBbyADPcloudNOUNorCCONJitPRONisAUXveryADVdarkADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StarlessStarlessPROPNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3withwithADP_5 starscase
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 starsdet
5starsstarNOUNNumber=Plur2 meansobl
6totoPART_8 seenmark
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 seenaux:pass
8seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 starsacl
9,,PUNCT_15 coveredpunct
10usuallyusuallyADV_15 coveredadvmod
11becausebecauseSCONJ_15 coveredmark
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 skydet
13skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing15 coverednsubj:pass
14isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 coveredaux:pass
15coveredcoverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 meansparataxis
16bybyADP_17 cloudcase
17cloudcloudNOUNNumber=Sing15 coveredobl
18ororCCONJ_22 darkcc
19ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 darknsubj
20isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 darkcop
21veryveryADV_22 darkadvmod
22darkdarkADJDegree=Pos15 coveredconj
23..PUNCT_2 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentStarlesswith no starsvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2seeto-infinitive · passiveStarless not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
3coverpresent · passivecloudthe skyusually propertyvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination
4ispresentskydark propertytree rules

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 sky was starless and black.

detnsubjcopccconjpunctrootTheDETskyNOUNwasAUXstarlessADJandCCONJblackADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 skydet
2skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing4 starlessnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 starlesscop
4starlessstarlessADJDegree=Posrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 blackcc
6blackblackADJDegree=Pos4 starlessconj
7..PUNCT_4 starlesspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe skystarless propertytree rules
2bethe sky not said heretree rules

Example 2

We could not find the moon on the starless night.

nsubjauxadvmoddetobjcasedetamodoblpunctrootWePRONcouldAUXnotPARTfindVERBtheDETmoonNOUNonADPtheDETstarlessADJnightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs4 findnsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 findaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 findadvmod
4findfindVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 moondet
6moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing4 findobj
7ononADP_10 nightcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 nightdet
9starlessstarlessADJDegree=Pos10 nightamod
10nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing4 findobl
11..PUNCT_4 findpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not findcouldWethe moonnightvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Topic

Example 3

Clouds made the evening starless.

nsubjdetobl:unmarkedxcomppunctrootCloudsNOUNmadeVERBtheDETeveningNOUNstarlessADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur2 madensubj
2mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 eveningdet
4eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing2 madeobl:unmarked
5starlessstarlessADJDegree=Pos2 madexcomp
6..PUNCT_2 madepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastCloudseveningstarless propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 4

She walked home through a starless, cold street.

nsubjadvmodcasedetamodpunctamodoblpunctrootShePRONwalkedVERBhomeADVthroughADPaDETstarlessADJ,PUNCTcoldADJstreetNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 walkednsubj
2walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3homehomeADV_2 walkedadvmod
4throughthroughADP_9 streetcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 streetdet
6starlessstarlessADJDegree=Pos9 streetamod
7,,PUNCT_6 starlesspunct
8coldcoldADJDegree=Pos9 streetamod
9streetstreetNOUNNumber=Sing2 walkedobl
10..PUNCT_2 walkedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walkpastShea starless cold streethome propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory

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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