subtle

Who acts: Subtle, hare, subtle smell, smoke, smile, I · What happens: mean, notice, think, be, smell, miss · To what, where: small, smile

«subtle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: subtle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Subtle means very small, delicate or hard to notice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 delicate	punct
6	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 small	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 hard	cc
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 small	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 notice	mark
10	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Subtle	small					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent small=Topic
2	notice	to-infinitive	Subtle not said here						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Subtle means clever in a quiet, sly way, good at thinking of tricks.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quiet	punct
8	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 good	punct
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
12	at	at	SCONJ	_	13 thinking	mark
13	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 good	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 tricks	case
15	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 thinking	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Subtle					in a quiet sly way; clever property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	think speech: other	gerund	Subtle not said here					of tricks	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The hare was subtle and clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 subtle	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 subtle	cop
4	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 clever	cc
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 subtle	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 subtle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the hare					subtle property	tree rules
2	be		the hare not said here						tree rules

Example 2

There was a subtle smell of smoke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 smell	det
4	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smell	amod
5	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 smoke	case
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smell	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a subtle smell of smoke			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smell		smoke						nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 3

Her smile was so subtle that I almost missed it.

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	2 smile	nmod:poss
2	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subtle	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 subtle	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 subtle	advmod
5	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 missed	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 missed	nsubj
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 missed	advmod
9	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 subtle	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 missed	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 subtle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her smile		subtle property	tree rules
2	miss	past	I	smile	almost property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	smile		Her = she			nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=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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