---
title: brindled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brindled» in the school dictionary: Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brindled/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) / brindled

# brindled

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Brindled, brindled cow · **What happens:** mean, give, lie, sleep · **To what, where:** milk, us, hen, brindled cat

<!-- .vabout -->
«brindled» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [brindled in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brindled.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindled:m1:1
# text = Brindled means brown or grey with dark streaks or stripes in the coat.
1	Brindled	brindled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	streaks	streak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brindled |  |  |  |  | brown *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brindled cow gave us milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindled:x1:1
# text = The brindled cow gave us milk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brindled	brindled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the brindled cow | milk | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient milk=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the stove lay a hen and a brindled cow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindled:x2:1
# text = By the stove lay a hen and a brindled cow.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	brindled	brindled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past |  | a hen and a brindled cow |  |  |  | by the stove | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brindled cat slept by the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brindled:x3:1
# text = The brindled cat slept by the fire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brindled	brindled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | participle |  | the brindled cat *not said here* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [brindle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brindle/)
- next →: [brine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/)
- ↑ back to [B in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/)