whippy

Who acts: Willow branches, fishing rod, He, We, Bamboo · What happens: bend, spring back, whip, be, cut, flick back · To what, where: whippy stick, hedge, whippy branches, face, whippy ice cream, van

«whippy» 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: whippy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Thin and bending easily, then springing back (a whippy stick, whippy branches).

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bending	cc
3	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Thin	advcl
4	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 bending	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 springing	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 springing	advmod
7	springing	spring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 bending	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 springing	advmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 stick	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stick	det
11	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stick	amod
12	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 springing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 branches	punct
14	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 branches	amod
15	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stick	conj
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 stick	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Thin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	gerund						easily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spring back	gerund		a whippy stick and whippy branches			then		vn run-51.3.2 «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: of cream, ice cream — kept apart, not parsed.

Soft and fluffy, whipped (UK informal «a Mr Whippy» = soft-serve ice cream).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 whipped	advcl
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fluffy	cc
3	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whipped	punct
5	whipped	whip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 informal	punct
7	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 informal	compound
8	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 whipped	parataxis
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Whippy	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 Whippy	det
11	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Whippy	compound
12	Whippy	Whippy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 informal	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Whippy	punct
14	=	=	SYM	_	19 cream	punct
15	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 serve	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 soft	punct
17	serve	serve	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ice	compound
18	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cream	compound
19	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informal	conj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 informal	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 whipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whip	participle							vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 1

Willow branches are long and whippy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 branches	compound
2	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 long	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	cop
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whippy	cc
6	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Willow branches					long property	tree rules
2	be		Willow branches not said here						tree rules

Example 2

The fishing rod was light and whippy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rod	det
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rod	compound
3	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 light	cop
5	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 whippy	cc
7	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 light	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fishing rod					light property	tree rules
2	be		the fishing rod not said here						tree rules

Example 3

He cut a whippy stick from the hedge.

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
4	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stick	amod
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 hedge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hedge	det
8	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	a whippy stick		the hedge			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent stick=Product from hedge=Material

Example 4

The whippy branches flicked back in my face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 branches	det
2	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 branches	amod
3	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	flicked	flick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 branches	acl
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 flicked	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flicked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 branches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flick back	participle		the whippy branches not said here		my face			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in face=Destination

Example 5

We got a whippy ice cream from the van.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cream	det
4	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cream	amod
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cream	compound
6	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 van	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 van	det
9	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cream	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	We	a whippy ice cream		the van			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cream=Theme from van=Source

Example 6

Bamboo is strong and whippy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 strong	cop
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 whippy	cc
5	whippy	whippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 strong	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bamboo					strong property	tree rules
2	be		Bamboo not said here						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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