bodice
Who acts: bodice, She, girl · What happens: be, fit, lace, button, unlace, sit down · To what, where: top part, chest, front, bodice, blue bodice, cloth
«bodice» 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: bodice in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bodice | det |
| 2 | bodice | bodice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dress | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dress | det |
| 9 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fitted | punct |
| 11 | fitted | fit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 part | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 chest | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chest | det |
| 14 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fitted | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 waist | cc |
| 16 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chest | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 laced | punct |
| 18 | often | often | ADV | _ | 19 laced | advmod |
| 19 | laced | lace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 chest | conj |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 buttoned | cc |
| 21 | buttoned | button | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 laced | conj |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 front | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 front | det |
| 24 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 buttoned | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the bodice | the top part | of a dress | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fit | participle | the bodice not said here | to the chest and waist goal | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent to chest=Goal | ||||
| 3 | lace | participle | the bodice not said here | often property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | button | participle | the bodice not said here | the front | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.
Example 1
She unlaced her bodice and sat down.
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 unlaced | nsubj |
| 2 | unlaced | unlace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bodice | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bodice | bodice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 unlaced | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sat | cc |
| 6 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 unlaced | conj |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 sat | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 unlaced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unlace | past | She | her bodice | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bodice=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sit down | past | She not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The girl sewed a blue bodice for her doll.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sewed | nsubj |
| 3 | sewed | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bodice | det |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bodice | amod |
| 6 | bodice | bodice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sewed | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 doll | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 doll | nmod:poss |
| 9 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bodice | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sewed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | past | the girl | a blue bodice | for girl's doll | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bodice=Material for doll=Beneficiary |
Example 3
The cloth was used to wash the bodice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cloth | det |
| 2 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 wash | mark |
| 6 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 used | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bodice | det |
| 8 | bodice | bodice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wash | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | the cloth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wash | to-infinitive | the bodice | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bodice=Patient |
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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