sulphurous
Who acts: Sulphurous, smell, volcano, air, Clouds · What happens: mean, smell, fume, spelt, give off, be · To what, where: sulphurous fumes, pool, sulphurous steam
«sulphurous» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: sulphurous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Sulphurous means smelling of sulphur, a yellow substance with a strong, rotten-egg smell, or full of its fumes. (Spelt sulfurous in America.).
Sentence 1: Sulphurous means smelling of sulphur, a yellow substance with a strong, rotten-egg smell, or full of its fumes.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulphurous | Sulphurous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | smelling | smell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sulphur | case |
| 5 | sulphur | sulphur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smelling | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 substance | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 substance | det |
| 8 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 substance | amod |
| 9 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sulphur | appos |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 smell | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 smell | det |
| 12 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 smell | amod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 strong | punct |
| 14 | rotten | rotten | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 egg | amod |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 rotten | punct |
| 16 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 smell | compound |
| 17 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 substance | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 full | punct |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 full | cc |
| 20 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | parataxis |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 fumes | case |
| 22 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 fumes | nmod:poss |
| 23 | fumes | fume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 full | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Sulphurous | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | smell not said to happen | gerund | Sulphurous not said here | of sulphur | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of sulphur=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fume | smell | nom fume «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: (Spelt sulfurous in America.).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 sulfurous | punct |
| 2 | Spelt | spelt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sulfurous | amod |
| 3 | sulfurous | sulfurous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 America | case |
| 5 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sulfurous | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sulfurous | punct |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 sulfurous | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sulfurous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spelt | participle | tree rules |
Example 1
The volcano gave off sulphurous fumes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 volcano | det |
| 2 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 gave | compound:prt |
| 5 | sulphurous | sulphurous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fumes | amod |
| 6 | fumes | fume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give off | past | the volcano | sulphurous fumes | vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source fume=Theme |
Example 2
The air in the cave was sulphurous.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sulphurous | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cave | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cave | det |
| 5 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 air | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sulphurous | cop |
| 7 | sulphurous | sulphurous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sulphurous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the air in the cave | sulphurous property | tree rules |
Example 3
Clouds of sulphurous steam rose from the pool.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rose | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 steam | case |
| 3 | sulphurous | sulphurous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 steam | amod |
| 4 | steam | steam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Clouds | nmod |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 pool | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pool | det |
| 8 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | Clouds of sulphurous steam | the pool | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pool=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | cloud | sulphurous steam | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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