bast

Who acts: Bast, farmer, He, old man · What happens: be, use, make, tie, weave · To what, where: soft fibre, bark, rope, sheaves, mat, strips

«bast» 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: bast in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Bast is the soft fibre under the bark of some trees, such as lime, used to make rope, mats and shoes.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bast	bast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fibre	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fibre	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fibre	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fibre	amod
5	fibre	fibre	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 bark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bark	det
8	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fibre	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 trees	det
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bark	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lime	punct
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 lime	case
14	as	as	ADP	_	13 such	fixed
15	lime	lime	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trees	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 used	punct
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fibre	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 make	mark
19	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 used	advcl
20	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 make	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 mats	punct
22	mats	mat	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 rope	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 shoes	cc
24	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 rope	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fibre	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Bast	the soft fibre	the bark of some trees and lime	tree rules
2	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive		rope and mats and shoes		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product

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 farmer tied the sheaves with bast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	nsubj
3	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheaves	det
5	sheaves	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tied	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 bast	case
7	bast	bast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	the farmer	the sheaves				with bast	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent sheaf=Patient with bast=Co-Patient

Example 2

He wove a mat from strips of bast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mat	det
4	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 strips	case
6	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wove	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 bast	case
8	bast	bast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strips	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	past	He	a mat		strips of bast			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent mat=Product from strip=Material

Example 3

The old man made a bast shoe by the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shoe	det
6	bast	bast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoe	compound
7	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the old man	a bast shoe				by the fire	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Product

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