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wavy

Who acts: She, you, snake, flag, sound, writing · What happens: have, draw, leave, look, go, bump · To what, where: curves, long wavy hair, wavy line, mistakes, wavy track, sand

«wavy» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: wavy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Having curves like waves; not straight: wavy hair, a wavy line.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	curves	curve	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Having	obj
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 waves	case
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 curves	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 straight	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 straight	advmod
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Having	advmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 hair	punct
9	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hair	amod
10	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 line	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 line	det
13	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 line	amod
14	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hair	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		curves				like waves; wavy hair and a wavy line obl; straight property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curve=Patient

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.

Example 1

She has long wavy hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
4	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hair	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	long wavy hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Example 2

Draw a wavy line under the mistakes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 line	det
3	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 line	amod
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 mistakes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mistakes	det
7	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Draw	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	imperative	you not said here	a wavy line		the mistakes			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

Example 3

The snake left a wavy track in the sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 track	det
5	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 track	amod
6	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sand	det
9	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the snake	a wavy track		the sand			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme in sand=Location

Example 4

The flag had a wavy pattern of blue and white.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flag	det
2	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pattern	det
5	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pattern	amod
6	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 blue	case
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pattern	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 white	cc
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 blue	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the flag	a wavy pattern of blue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient

Example 5

On the graph, the sound looked like a wavy line.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 graph	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 graph	det
3	graph	graph	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 graph	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looked	nsubj
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 line	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 line	det
10	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 line	amod
11	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the sound					like a wavy line; on the graph	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on graph=Theme

Example 6

His writing went wavy when the bus bumped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 writing	nmod:poss
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wavy	wavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 bumped	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bumped	nsubj
8	bumped	bump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	His writing					wavy property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bump	past	the bus						vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	write		His = he						nom writing «act 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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