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wispy

Who acts: Wispy, baby, Wispy smoke, old wizard · What happens: mean, streak, have, rise, call, wave · To what, where: Wispy clouds, blue sky, wispy blond hair, campfire, long wispy beard, High wispy clouds · Speech: someone speaks here

«wispy» 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: wispy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Wispy means thin, light and fine, in small loose strands, like thin wisps of hair, cloud or smoke.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 light	punct
5	light	light	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thin	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fine	cc
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thin	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 strands	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 strands	case
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 strands	amod
11	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 strands	amod
12	strands	strand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wisps	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 wisps	case
15	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wisps	amod
16	wisps	wisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 strands	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 hair	case
18	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wisps	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cloud	punct
20	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wisps	appos
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 smoke	cc
22	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cloud	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Wispy					thin property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

Wispy clouds streaked across the blue sky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clouds	amod
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	streaked	streak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 clouds	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	7 sky	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sky	amod
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 streaked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clouds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	streak	participle		Wispy clouds not said here		the blue sky			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory

Example 2

The baby had wispy blond hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
5	blond	blond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hair	amod
6	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the baby	wispy blond hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Example 3

Wispy smoke rose from the campfire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smoke	amod
2	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 campfire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 campfire	det
6	campfire	campfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	Wispy smoke			the campfire			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from campfire=Initial_Location

Example 4

The old wizard had a long, wispy beard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wizard	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wizard	amod
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 beard	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beard	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
8	wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beard	amod
9	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old wizard	a long wispy beard					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient

Example 5

High, wispy clouds are called cirrus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clouds	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 High	punct
3	wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clouds	amod
4	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	cirrus	cirrus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		High wispy clouds					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 6

Wispy grass waved in the breeze.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wispy	wispy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grass	amod
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 grass	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 breeze	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 breeze	det
6	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	participle		Wispy grass not said here				in the breeze	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in breeze=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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