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title: bonny — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bonny» in the school dictionary: Pretty or attractive. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bonny

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**Who acts:** She, It, Grandma, I, They · **What happens:** look, be, say, not see · **To what, where:** bonny wee lass, bonny day, bonny, bonny man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«bonny» 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: [bonny in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bonny.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: Scotland, northern England — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pretty or attractive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:m1:1
# text = Pretty or attractive.
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	attractive	attractive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Healthy-looking, especially a plump, healthy baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:m2:1
# text = Healthy-looking, especially a plump, healthy baby.
1	Healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	plump	plump	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	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 -->
What a bonny baby!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x1:1
# text = What a bonny baby!
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She's a bonny wee lass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x2:1
# text = She's a bonny wee lass.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a bonny wee lass |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The bonny banks of Loch Lomond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x3:1
# text = The bonny banks of Loch Lomond.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Loch	Loch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Lomond	Lomond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 4 {#x4}

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It's a bonny day for a walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x4:1
# text = It's a bonny day for a walk.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	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 a** | present | It | a bonny day |  |  |  | for a walk | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Grandma says I'm looking bonny today.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x5:1
# text = Grandma says I'm looking bonny today.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandma |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | present · progressive | I | bonny |  |  | today |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bonny=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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They never saw such a bonny man before.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bonny:x6:1
# text = They never saw such a bonny man before.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bonny	bonny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past | They | such bonny man |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |

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