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title: stringy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stringy» in the school dictionary: Stringy food is full of tough fibres like strings and is hard to chew: stringy meat, stringy celery. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stringy

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**Who acts:** Stringy food, Stringy hair, stringy person, beef, you, melted cheese · **What happens:** be, chew, hang, look, describe, stretch · **To what, where:** stringy meat, long straight strands, anything, thin strings, stringy bits, celery

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«stringy» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [stringy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stringy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stringy food is full of tough fibres like strings and is hard to chew: stringy meat, stringy celery.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:m1:1
# text = Stringy food is full of tough fibres like strings and is hard to chew: stringy meat, stringy celery.
1	Stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fibres	fibre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	celery	celery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stringy food |  |  |  |  | of tough fibres like strings; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Stringy food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **chew** | to-infinitive | Stringy food *not said here* | stringy meat and stringy celery |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stringy hair is thin, hangs in long straight strands and often looks greasy or untidy.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:m2:1
# text = Stringy hair is thin, hangs in long straight strands and often looks greasy or untidy.
1	Stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	strands	strand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	greasy	greasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	untidy	untidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stringy hair |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang** | present | Stringy hair *not said here* |  |  | long straight strands |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in strand=Location |
| 3 | **look** | present | Stringy hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  | greasy, often *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stringy person is thin with lean, wiry muscles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:m3:1
# text = A stringy person is thin with lean, wiry muscles.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	lean	lean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	wiry	wiry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a stringy person |  |  |  |  | with lean wiry muscles; thin *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stringy also describes anything that stretches into thin strings, like melted cheese.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:m4:1
# text = Stringy also describes anything that stretches into thin strings, like melted cheese.
1	Stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stretches	stretch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **stretch** | present |  |  |  | thin strings and melted cheese |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into string=Location |
| 3 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This beef is stringy and hard to chew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x1:1
# text = This beef is stringy and hard to chew.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this beef |  |  |  |  | stringy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this beef *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **chew** | to-infinitive | this beef *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pull the stringy bits off the celery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x2:1
# text = Pull the stringy bits off the celery.
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	celery	celery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stringy bits |  | the celery |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bit=Theme off celery=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The melted cheese on the pizza was all stringy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x3:1
# text = The melted cheese on the pizza was all stringy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the melted cheese on the pizza |  |  |  |  | all, stringy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After swimming, my hair was wet and stringy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x4:1
# text = After swimming, my hair was wet and stringy.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund | my hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | my hair |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | my hair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old farmer was stringy and strong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x5:1
# text = The old farmer was stringy and strong.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the old farmer |  |  |  |  | stringy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the old farmer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Runner beans get stringy if you pick them late.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x6:1
# text = Runner beans get stringy if you pick them late.
1	Runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Runner beans |  |  |  |  | stringy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pick** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | beans *= bean* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her stringy fringe hung over her eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stringy:x7:1
# text = Her stringy fringe hung over her eyes.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stringy	stringy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fringe	fringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | Her stringy fringe |  |  | fringe's eyes |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over eye=Location |

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