starlit
Who acts: Starlit, We, starlit sky, ship, garden · What happens: mean, lit up, see, walk, be, sail · To what, where: sky, starlit sea · Speech: someone speaks here
«starlit» 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: starlit in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Starlit means lit up by stars, so that the sky or the ground can be seen faintly at night.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starlit | starlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 lit | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 stars | case |
| 6 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lit | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 seen | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 seen | advmod |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 seen | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sky | det |
| 11 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 ground | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ground | det |
| 14 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sky | conj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 seen | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 seen | aux:pass |
| 17 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | parataxis |
| 18 | faintly | faintly | ADV | _ | 17 seen | advmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 night | case |
| 20 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Starlit | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lit up | participle | by stars | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | see | can · passive | the sky or the ground | night | faintly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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
We walked home on a starlit 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 | 2 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 walked | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 6 | starlit | starlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 night | amod |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | We | night | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The starlit sky was full of tiny lights.
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 | starlit | starlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sky | amod |
| 3 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lights | case |
| 7 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lights | amod |
| 8 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the starlit sky | of tiny lights; full property | tree rules |
Example 3
The ship sailed across the starlit sea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sailed | nsubj |
| 3 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 6 | starlit | starlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sea | amod |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sailed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sailed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | the ship | the starlit sea | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across sea=Trajectory |
Example 4
The garden looked magical in starlit darkness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 garden | det |
| 2 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looked | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 darkness | case |
| 6 | starlit | starlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 darkness | amod |
| 7 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the garden | in starlit darkness; magical property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in darkness=Theme |
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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