bloodhound

Who acts: person, bloodhound, Police, Bloodhounds, detective, nose · What happens: wrinkle, use, follow, sense, be, find out · To what, where: large dog, trail, smell, things, scent, woods

«bloodhound» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: bloodhound in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A large dog with a very good sense of smell, long droopy ears and loose wrinkled skin, used to follow the trail of people or animals.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 sense	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sense	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 good	advmod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sense	amod
8	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 smell	case
10	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sense	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ears	punct
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ears	amod
13	droopy	droopy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ears	amod
14	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sense	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 skin	cc
16	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 skin	amod
17	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 skin	amod
18	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ears	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 used	punct
20	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dog	acl:relcl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 follow	mark
22	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 used	xcomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 trail	det
24	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 follow	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 people	case
26	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 trail	nmod
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 animals	cc
28	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 people	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	wrinkle	participle		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	use	participle	a large dog with a good sense of smell and long droopy ears and loose wrinkled skin not said here	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	follow	to-infinitive	the trail of people or animals	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme
4	sense		smell	nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A person, like a detective, who is very good at finding things out.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 detective	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 detective	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 detective	det
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 good	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 good	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 good	cop
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 good	advmod
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 person	conj
12	at	at	SCONJ	_	13 finding	mark
13	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 good	advcl
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 finding	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	13 finding	compound:prt
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person and a detective					good property	tree rules
2	find out	gerund	a person and a detective not said here	things					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Example 1

The bloodhound followed the scent through the woods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bloodhound	det
2	bloodhound	bloodhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	nsubj
3	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scent	det
5	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 followed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	the bloodhound	the scent		the woods			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent scent=Theme through wood=Trajectory

Example 2

Police used bloodhounds to find the lost hiker.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bloodhounds	bloodhound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hiker	det
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hiker	amod
8	hiker	hiker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	Police	bloodhounds	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bloodhound=Patient
2	find	to-infinitive	Police not said here	the lost hiker	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hiker=Topic
3	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Bloodhounds have long, floppy ears.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bloodhounds	bloodhound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ears	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 long	punct
5	floppy	floppy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ears	amod
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Bloodhounds	long floppy ears					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

Example 4

Our detective sniffed out clues like a bloodhound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 detective	nmod:poss
2	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sniffed	nsubj
3	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 sniffed	compound:prt
5	clues	clue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sniffed	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 bloodhound	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bloodhound	det
8	bloodhound	bloodhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clues	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sniffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff out	participle	Our detective	clues				like a bloodhound	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Theme

Example 5

A bloodhound's nose can follow a trail days old.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bloodhound	det
2	bloodhound	bloodhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nose	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bloodhound	case
4	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 follow	aux
6	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trail	det
8	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obj
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 old	obl:unmarked
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trail	amod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	can	a bloodhound's nose	a trail					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme

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