bobbin
Who acts: bobbin, that, you, latch, Red Riding, door · What happens: be, woun on, pull, lift, go up, open · To what, where: small wooden reel, string, old tales, latch, bobbin, thread
«bobbin» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: bobbin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A bobbin is a small wooden reel that thread is wound on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bobbin | det |
| 2 | bobbin | bobbin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reel | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 reel | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reel | amod |
| 6 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reel | amod |
| 7 | reel | reel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 wound | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wound | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wound | aux:pass |
| 11 | wound | woun | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 reel | acl:relcl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 wound | compound:prt |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 reel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bobbin | a small wooden reel | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | woun on | present · passive | a small wooden reel | tree rules |
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
In old tales, a bobbin is a string or cord that you pull to lift the latch of a door.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 tales | case |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tales | amod |
| 3 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 string | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tales | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bobbin | det |
| 6 | bobbin | bobbin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 string | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 string | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 string | det |
| 9 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 cord | cc |
| 11 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 string | conj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 pull | nsubj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 pull | nsubj |
| 14 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 string | parataxis |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 lift | mark |
| 16 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 pull | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 latch | det |
| 18 | latch | latch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lift | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 door | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 door | det |
| 21 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 latch | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 string | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bobbin | a string or cord | old tales | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pull | present | that | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lift | to-infinitive | that not said here | the latch of a door | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latch=Theme |
Example 1
Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bobbin | det |
| 3 | bobbin | bobbin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 go | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 latch | det |
| 7 | latch | latch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pull | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 go | compound:prt |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Pull | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | the bobbin | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go up | future | the latch | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Example 2
Red Riding-Hood pulled the bobbin and the door opened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Riding | flat |
| 2 | Riding | Riding | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Riding | punct |
| 4 | Hood | Hood | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | nsubj |
| 5 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bobbin | det |
| 7 | bobbin | bobbin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulled | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 opened | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | nsubj |
| 11 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pulled | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | Red Riding | the bobbin | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bobbin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | open | past | the door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The thread was wound on a full bobbin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thread | det |
| 2 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wound | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wound | aux:pass |
| 4 | wound | woun | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bobbin | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bobbin | det |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bobbin | amod |
| 8 | bobbin | bobbin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wound | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | woun | past · passive | the thread | a full bobbin | tree rules |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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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