timorous
Who acts: Timorous, He, timorous mouse, you, dog · What happens: mean, frighten, creep on, hide, not be, be · To what, where: leaves
«timorous» 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: timorous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous. (old use, in fairy tales).
Sentence 1: Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timorous | Timorous | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fearful | fearful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 frightened | cc |
| 5 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 6 frightened | advmod |
| 6 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fearful | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shy | punct |
| 8 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 frightened | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 nervous | cc |
| 10 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shy | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Timorous | fearful property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | frighten | participle | Timorous not said here | easily property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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.
Sentence 2: (old use, in fairy tales).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tales | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tales | case |
| 6 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tales | compound |
| 7 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nmod |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 tales | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
He crept on with timorous steps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 crept | nsubj |
| 2 | crept | creep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 crept | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 steps | case |
| 5 | timorous | timorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 steps | amod |
| 6 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 crept | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 crept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | creep on | past | He | with timorous steps | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with step=Theme |
Example 2
The timorous mouse hid under the leaves.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mouse | det |
| 2 | timorous | timorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mouse | amod |
| 3 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 leaves | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 leaves | det |
| 7 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the timorous mouse | the leaves | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location |
Example 3
Do not be so timorous; the dog is friendly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 timorous | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 timorous | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 timorous | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 timorous | advmod |
| 5 | timorous | timorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 friendly | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friendly | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 friendly | cop |
| 10 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 timorous | parataxis |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 timorous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | imperative · do-support | you not said here | timorous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the dog | friendly property | tree rules |
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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