strapping
Who acts: Strapping, two elder brothers, She, strapping girl, strapping young farmer, strapping prince · What happens: mean, look, strap, be, lift, come · To what, where: strapping fellows, strapping girl, sack, bear
«strapping» 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: strapping in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Strapping means big, strong and healthy-looking, usually of a tall young person.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strapping | strapping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 big | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 looking | cc |
| 7 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 looking | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 healthy | punct |
| 9 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 big | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 person | punct |
| 11 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 16 person | advmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 person | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 person | det |
| 14 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 person | amod |
| 15 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 person | amod |
| 16 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Strapping | big property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Strapping not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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
The two elder brothers were strapping fellows.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 brothers | nummod |
| 3 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brothers | amod |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fellows | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fellows | cop |
| 6 | strapping | strap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 fellows | amod |
| 7 | fellows | fellow | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fellows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strap | gerund | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | the two elder brothers | strapping fellows | tree rules |
Example 2
She was a strapping girl who could lift the sack.
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 | 5 girl | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 girl | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 4 | strapping | strap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 girl | amod |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lift | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 lift | aux |
| 8 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 girl | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sack | det |
| 10 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lift | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strap | gerund | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | She | a strapping girl | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lift | could | a strapping girl | the sack | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |
Example 3
A strapping young farmer came to help.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 farmer | det |
| 2 | strapping | strap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 farmer | amod |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 farmer | amod |
| 4 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 help | mark |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 came | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strap | gerund | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | come | past | a strapping young farmer | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | help | to-infinitive | a strapping young farmer not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
The strapping prince fought the bear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 2 | strapping | strap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 prince | amod |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fought | nsubj |
| 4 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bear | det |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fought | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strap | gerund | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | fight | past | the strapping prince | the bear | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Co-Agent |
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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