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supple

Who acts: Able, Gymnasts, Stretching, Willow twigs, old leather boots, Cats · What happens: bend, move, crack, be, stretch, keep · To what, where: supple leather, body, baskets, gaps, saddle

«supple» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: supple in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Able to bend and move easily: a supple body, supple joints.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bend	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 bend	mark
3	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 move	cc
5	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bend	conj
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 body	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 body	det
9	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 body	amod
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bend	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 joints	punct
12	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 joints	amod
13	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 body	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	to-infinitive	Able						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	move	infinitive	Able not said here					easily property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

Soft and bending without cracking: supple leather, a supple branch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bending	cc
3	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Soft	conj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 cracking	mark
5	cracking	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Soft	advcl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 leather	punct
7	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leather	amod
8	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cracking	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 branch	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 branch	det
11	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 branch	amod
12	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leather	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	crack	gerund		supple leather and a supple branch					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leather=Theme

Example 1

Gymnasts are very supple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gymnasts	gymnast	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supple	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supple	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 supple	advmod
4	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 supple	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gymnasts					supple property	tree rules

Example 2

Stretching every day keeps your body supple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeps	csubj
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stretching	obl:unmarked
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obj
7	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keeps	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	gerund					day		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	keep	present	Stretching	your body				supple property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme

Example 3

Willow twigs are supple enough to weave baskets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twigs	compound
2	twigs	twig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supple	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supple	cop
4	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 supple	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 weave	mark
7	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 supple	advcl
8	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 weave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 supple	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Willow twigs					enough, supple property	tree rules
2	weave	to-infinitive	Willow twigs not said here	baskets					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Product

Example 4

The old leather boots were still soft and supple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boots	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boots	amod
3	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boots	compound
4	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 soft	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 soft	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 soft	advmod
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 supple	cc
9	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 soft	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old leather boots				still	soft property	tree rules
2	be		the old leather boots not said here						tree rules

Example 5

Cats are supple and can squeeze through gaps.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 supple	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 supple	cop
3	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 squeeze	cc
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 squeeze	aux
6	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 supple	conj
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 gaps	case
8	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squeeze	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 supple	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cats					supple property	tree rules
2	squeeze	can	Cats not said here			gaps			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through gap=Trajectory

Example 6

Oil keeps the saddle supple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saddle	det
4	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	supple	supple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Oil	the saddle				supple property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=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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