agate

Who acts: you, She · What happens: use, form, build, wear · To what, where: kind, jewellery, gate, palace set, me, ring

«agate» 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: agate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stone	det
2	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stone	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hard	punct
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stone	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 bands	case
7	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stone	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 colour	case
9	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bands	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kind	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kind	det
12	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stone	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 quartz	case
14	quartz	quartz	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kind	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 used	punct
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 kind	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 jewellery	case
18	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 used	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 stone	cc
20	as	as	ADP	_	23 stone	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 stone	det
22	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 stone	amod
23	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 jewellery	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a kind of quartz not said here		jewellery and a precious stone			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 gate was formed of a single agate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 formed	aux:pass
4	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 agate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 agate	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 agate	amod
8	agate	agate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 formed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 formed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past · passive		the gate				of a single agate	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 2

Build me a palace set with jasper and agate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Build	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 set	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	compound
5	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Build	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 jasper	case
7	jasper	jasper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agate	cc
9	agate	agate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jasper	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Build	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	a palace set	me				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary set=Product

Example 3

She wore a ring of red agate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 agate	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 agate	amod
7	agate	agate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ring	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	a ring of red agate					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

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