unfledged

Who acts: bird, unfledged chicks, Mum bird, class · What happens: not grow, not fly, not experience, sit, fly off, find · To what, where: feathers, nest, worms

«unfledged» 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: unfledged in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Of a young bird, not yet grown its feathers, so it cannot fly yet.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	4 bird	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bird	det
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bird	amod
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grown	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bird	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 grown	advmod
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 grown	advmod
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feathers	nmod:poss
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grown	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fly	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 fly	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fly	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fly	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 fly	advmod
16	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 grown	conj
17	yet	yet	ADV	_	16 fly	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow	participle		bird's feathers			yet	of a young bird	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feather=Theme
2	not fly	can	bird				yet		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP 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

Usage: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.

young and not yet experienced.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 experienced	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 experienced	advmod
4	yet	yet	ADV	_	5 experienced	advmod
5	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 young	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 young	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not experience	participle					yet		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The unfledged chicks sat with open beaks in the nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chicks	det
2	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chicks	amod
3	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 beaks	case
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beaks	amod
7	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 nest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nest	det
10	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the unfledged chicks			the nest		with open beaks	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nest=Location

Example 2

Mum bird flew off to find worms for the unfledged young.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bird	compound
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 flew	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 flew	xcomp
7	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 young	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 young	det
10	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 young	amod
11	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	Mum bird						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	Mum bird not said here	worms				for the unfledged young	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent worm=Theme for young=Beneficiary

Example 3

Our class felt like unfledged learners on the first day of the new school.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 class	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	nsubj
3	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 learners	case
5	unfledged	unfledged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 learners	amod
6	learners	learner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 felt	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 felt	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 school	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 school	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 school	amod
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	Our class				day	like unfledged learners	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like learner=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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