stringy Who acts: Stringy food, Stringy hair, stringy person, beef, you, melted cheese · What happens: be, chew, hang, look, describe, stretch · To what, where: stringy meat, long straight strands, anything, thin strings, stringy bits, celery
«stringy» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: stringy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Stringy food is full of tough fibres like strings and is hard to chew: stringy meat, stringy celery.
The tree, 18 words amod nsubj cop case amod obl case nmod cc cop conj mark xcomp punct amod obj punct amod conj punct root Stringy ADJ food NOUN is AUX full ADJ of ADP tough ADJ fibres NOUN like ADP strings NOUN and CCONJ is AUX hard ADJ to PART chew VERB : PUNCT stringy ADJ meat NOUN , PUNCT stringy ADJ celery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 food amod 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 fibres case 6 tough tough ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fibres amod 7 fibres fibre NOUN Number=Plur 4 full obl 8 like like ADP _ 9 strings case 9 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 7 fibres nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 hard cc 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 hard cop 12 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 4 full conj 13 to to PART _ 14 chew mark 14 chew chew VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 hard xcomp 15 : : PUNCT _ 17 meat punct 16 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 17 meat amod 17 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 14 chew obj 18 , , PUNCT _ 20 celery punct 19 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 20 celery amod 20 celery celery NOUN Number=Sing 17 meat conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is present Stringy food of tough fibres like strings; full property tree rules 2 is present Stringy food not said here hard property tree rules 3 chew to-infinitive Stringy food not said here stringy meat and stringy celery vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
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.
Meaning 2 Stringy hair is thin, hangs in long straight strands and often looks greasy or untidy.
The tree, 15 words amod nsubj cop punct conj case amod amod obl cc advmod conj xcomp cc conj punct root Stringy ADJ hair NOUN is AUX thin ADJ , PUNCT hangs VERB in ADP long ADJ straight ADJ strands NOUN and CCONJ often ADV looks VERB greasy ADJ or CCONJ untidy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 hair amod 2 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 4 thin nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 thin cop 4 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 hangs punct 6 hangs hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 thin conj 7 in in ADP _ 10 strands case 8 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 10 strands amod 9 straight straight ADJ Degree=Pos 10 strands amod 10 strands strand NOUN Number=Plur 6 hangs obl 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 looks cc 12 often often ADV _ 13 looks advmod 13 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 hangs conj 14 greasy greasy ADJ Degree=Pos 13 looks xcomp 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 untidy cc 16 untidy untidy ADJ Degree=Pos 14 greasy conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 thin punct
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1 is present Stringy hair thin property tree rules 2 hang present Stringy hair not said here long straight strands vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in strand=Location 3 look present Stringy hair not said here greasy, often property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Meaning 3 A stringy person is thin with lean, wiry muscles.
det amod nsubj cop case amod punct amod obl punct root A DET stringy ADJ person NOUN is AUX thin ADJ with ADP lean ADJ , PUNCT wiry ADJ muscles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 person det 2 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 person amod 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 5 thin nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 thin cop 5 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 with with ADP _ 10 muscles case 7 lean lean ADJ Degree=Pos 10 muscles amod 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 lean punct 9 wiry wiry ADJ Degree=Pos 10 muscles amod 10 muscles muscle NOUN Number=Plur 5 thin obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 thin punct
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1 is present a stringy person with lean wiry muscles; thin property tree rules
Meaning 4 Stringy also describes anything that stretches into thin strings, like melted cheese.
amod advmod obj nsubj acl:relcl case amod obl punct case amod conj punct root Stringy ADJ also ADV describes VERB anything PRON that PRON stretches VERB into ADP thin ADJ strings NOUN , PUNCT like ADP melted VERB cheese NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 describes amod 2 also also ADV _ 3 describes advmod 3 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 describes obj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 stretches nsubj 6 stretches stretch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 anything acl:relcl 7 into into ADP _ 9 strings case 8 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 9 strings amod 9 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 6 stretches obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 cheese punct 11 like like ADP _ 13 cheese case 12 melted melt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 cheese amod 13 cheese cheese NOUN Number=Sing 9 strings conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 describes punct
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1 describe present anything vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme 2 stretch present thin strings and melted cheese vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into string=Location 3 melt participle vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 1 This beef is stringy and hard to chew.
det nsubj cop cc conj mark xcomp punct root This DET beef NOUN is AUX stringy ADJ and CCONJ hard ADJ to PART chew VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 beef det 2 beef beef NOUN Number=Sing 4 stringy nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 stringy cop 4 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 hard cc 6 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stringy conj 7 to to PART _ 8 chew mark 8 chew chew VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 hard xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 stringy punct
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1 is present this beef stringy property tree rules 2 be this beef not said here tree rules 3 chew to-infinitive this beef not said here vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Pull the stringy bits off the celery.
det amod obj case det obl punct root Pull VERB the DET stringy ADJ bits NOUN off ADP the DET celery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pull pull VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bits det 3 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bits amod 4 bits bit NOUN Number=Plur 1 Pull obj 5 off off ADP _ 7 celery case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 celery det 7 celery celery NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pull obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pull punct
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1 pull imperative you not said here the stringy bits the celery vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bit=Theme off celery=Initial_Location
Example 3 The melted cheese on the pizza was all stringy.
det amod nsubj case det nmod cop advmod punct root The DET melted VERB cheese NOUN on ADP the DET pizza NOUN was AUX all ADV stringy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cheese det 2 melted melt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 cheese amod 3 cheese cheese NOUN Number=Sing 9 stringy nsubj 4 on on ADP _ 6 pizza case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 pizza det 6 pizza pizza NOUN Number=Sing 3 cheese nmod 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 stringy cop 8 all all ADV _ 9 stringy advmod 9 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 stringy punct
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1 melt participle vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 is past the melted cheese on the pizza all, stringy property tree rules
Example 4 After swimming, my hair was wet and stringy.
mark advcl punct nmod:poss nsubj cop cc conj punct root After SCONJ swimming VERB , PUNCT my PRON hair NOUN was AUX wet ADJ and CCONJ stringy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after SCONJ _ 2 swimming mark 2 swimming swim VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 wet advcl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 swimming punct 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 hair nmod:poss 5 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 7 wet nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 wet cop 7 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 stringy cc 9 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 wet conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 wet punct
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1 swim gerund my hair not said here vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is past my hair wet property tree rules 3 be my hair not said here tree rules
Example 5 The old farmer was stringy and strong.
det amod nsubj cop cc conj punct root The DET old ADJ farmer NOUN was AUX stringy ADJ and CCONJ strong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 farmer det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 farmer amod 3 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 5 stringy nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 stringy cop 5 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 strong cc 7 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 stringy conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 stringy punct
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1 is past the old farmer stringy property tree rules 2 be the old farmer not said here tree rules
Example 6 Runner beans get stringy if you pick them late.
compound nsubj xcomp mark nsubj advcl obj advmod punct root Runner NOUN beans NOUN get VERB stringy ADJ if SCONJ you PRON pick VERB them PRON late ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Runner runner NOUN Number=Sing 2 beans compound 2 beans bean NOUN Number=Plur 3 get nsubj 3 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 get xcomp 5 if if SCONJ _ 7 pick mark 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 pick nsubj 7 pick pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 get advcl 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 pick obj 9 late late ADV Degree=Pos 7 pick advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 get punct
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1 get present Runner beans stringy property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 pick a condition, not said to happen present you beans = bean late property vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
Example 7 Her stringy fringe hung over her eyes.
nmod:poss amod nsubj case nmod:poss obl punct root Her PRON stringy ADJ fringe NOUN hung VERB over ADP her PRON eyes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 fringe nmod:poss 2 stringy stringy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fringe amod 3 fringe fringe NOUN Number=Sing 4 hung nsubj 4 hung hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 over over ADP _ 7 eyes case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 eyes nmod:poss 7 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 4 hung obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 hung punct
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1 hang past Her stringy fringe fringe's eyes vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over eye=Location
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