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title: blackish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blackish» in the school dictionary: Nearly black, or black with a little of another colour in it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blackish

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**Who acts:** beetle, pond water, burnt toast, crows, We, Mole · **What happens:** look, have, roll, be, test, find · **To what, where:** blackish shell, Blackish clouds, storm, edges, blackish mud, mud

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«blackish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [blackish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nearly black, or black with a little of another colour in it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:m1:1
# text = Nearly black, or black with a little of another colour in it.
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rather dark and dirty-looking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:m2:1
# text = Rather dark and dirty-looking.
1	Rather	rather	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beetle had a blackish shell with a green shine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x1:1
# text = The beetle had a blackish shell with a green shine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	shine	shine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the beetle | a blackish shell |  |  |  | with a green shine | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pond water looked blackish under the trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x2:1
# text = The pond water looked blackish under the trees.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the pond water |  |  |  |  | blackish *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blackish clouds rolled in before the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x3:1
# text = Blackish clouds rolled in before the storm.
1	Blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | participle |  | Blackish clouds *not said here* |  | the storm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in storm=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The burnt toast was blackish at the edges.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x4:1
# text = The burnt toast was blackish at the edges.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the burnt toast |  |  | the edges |  | blackish *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some crows look blackish blue in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x5:1
# text = Some crows look blackish blue in the sun.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | some crows |  |  |  |  | in the sun.; blue *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sun.=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We tested the blackish mud and found it full of rotting leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x6:1
# text = We tested the blackish mud and found it full of rotting leaves.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tested	test	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	rotting	rot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | past | We | the blackish mud |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | past | We *not said here* | mud |  |  |  | full *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **rot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mole peered into the blackish depths of the Wild Wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blackish:x7:1
# text = The Mole peered into the blackish depths of the Wild Wood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	peered	peer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	blackish	blackish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	depths	depth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peer** | past | the Mole |  |  |  |  | into the blackish depths of the Wild Wood | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into depth=Theme |

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