bedstead

Who acts: part, old bedstead, bedstead, Dad, little bed · What happens: hold up, creak, sit, carry, have, paint · To what, where: mattress, it, iron bedstead, painted wooden bedstead

«bedstead» 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: bedstead in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The frame of a bed, the part that holds up the mattress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frame	det
2	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bed	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bed	det
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frame	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 part	det
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 holds	nsubj
10	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 part	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 holds	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mattress	det
13	mattress	mattress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 holds	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	the part	the mattress					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mattress=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 old bedstead creaked when she sat on it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bedstead	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bedstead	amod
3	bedstead	bedstead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creaked	nsubj
4	creaked	creak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sat	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 creaked	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 creaked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creak	past	the old bedstead						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	past	bedstead			it			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location

Example 2

Dad carried the iron bedstead up the stairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bedstead	det
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bedstead	compound
5	bedstead	bedstead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	Dad	the iron bedstead				up the stairs	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedstead=Theme

Example 3

The little bed has a painted wooden bedstead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bed	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bed	amod
3	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bedstead	det
6	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bedstead	amod
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bedstead	amod
8	bedstead	bedstead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the little bed	a painted wooden bedstead					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedstead=Patient
2	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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