carriage
Who acts: wheeled vehicle, prince, SOUTH, Fairy · What happens: wheel, pull, use, carry, look, point · To what, where: horses, people, CARRIAGE, them
«carriage» in the Early Modern English 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: carriage in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
A wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used to carry people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vehicle | det |
| 2 | wheeled | wheel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 vehicle | amod |
| 3 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | nsubj |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 horses | case |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pulled | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 used | punct |
| 8 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 horses | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 carry | mark |
| 10 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 used | advcl |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 carry | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wheel | participle | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | pull | participle | a wheeled vehicle | by horses | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | use | participle | horses not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | carry | to-infinitive | people | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
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
The prince looked well at the carriage.
From The Crimson Fairy Book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 looked | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 carriage | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 carriage | det |
| 7 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the prince | at the carriage; well property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at carriage=Theme |
Example 2
THE “SHINANSHA,” OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE
From Japanese Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 SHINANSHA | det |
| 2 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 SHINANSHA | punct |
| 3 | SHINANSHA | SHINANSHA | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 SHINANSHA | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 SHINANSHA | punct |
| 6 | OR | of | ADP | _ | 8 SOUTH | case |
| 7 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 SOUTH | det |
| 8 | SOUTH | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 SHINANSHA | nmod |
| 9 | POINTING | point | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 SOUTH | acl |
| 10 | CARRIAGE | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 POINTING | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point | gerund | the SOUTH not said here | CARRIAGE | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient |
Example 3
The Fairy stopped her carriage and addressed them:
From The Red Fairy Book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 carriage | nmod:poss |
| 5 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 addressed | cc |
| 7 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stopped | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 addressed | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the Fairy | Fairy's carriage | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector carriage=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | address | past | the Fairy not said here | them = they | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination |
Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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