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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starless | Starless | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 stars | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 stars | det |
| 5 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 means | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 seen | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 seen | aux:pass |
| 8 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stars | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 covered | punct |
| 10 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 15 covered | advmod |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 covered | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sky | det |
| 13 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 covered | aux:pass |
| 15 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | parataxis |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 cloud | case |
| 17 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 covered | obl |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 dark | cc |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 dark | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 dark | cop |
| 21 | very | very | ADV | _ | 22 dark | advmod |
| 22 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 covered | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Starless | with no stars | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive · passive | Starless not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | cover | present · passive | cloud | the sky | usually property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination | |||
| 4 | is | present | sky | dark property | tree 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sky | det |
| 2 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 starless | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 starless | cop |
| 4 | starless | starless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 black | cc |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 starless | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 starless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the sky | starless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the sky not said here | tree rules |
Example 2
We could not find the moon on the starless night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 find | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 find | advmod |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 moon | det |
| 6 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 night | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 night | det |
| 9 | starless | starless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 night | amod |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find | could | We | the moon | night | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Topic |
Example 3
Clouds made the evening starless.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 evening | det |
| 4 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | starless | starless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 made | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Clouds | evening | starless property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Example 4
She walked home through a starless, cold street.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 walked | advmod |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 street | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 street | det |
| 6 | starless | starless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 street | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 starless | punct |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 street | amod |
| 9 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walked | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | She | a starless cold street | home property | vn 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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