bolster

Who acts: bolster, long round pillow, She, Good training, your · What happens: be, lie, strengthen, bolster, put, pull out · To what, where: long round pillow, top, something, courage, bolster, head

«bolster» 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: bolster in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bolster	det
2	bolster	bolster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pillow	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pillow	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pillow	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pillow	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct
7	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pillow	amod
8	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lies	nsubj
10	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pillow	acl:relcl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 top	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lies	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 bed	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bed	det
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pillow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bolster	a long round pillow					tree rules
2	lie	present	a long round pillow			the top of a bed			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

To bolster is to support or strengthen something: bolster your courage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bolster	mark
2	bolster	bolster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 support	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 support	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 support	mark
5	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 strengthen	cc
7	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 support	conj
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 strengthen	obj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 bolster	punct
10	bolster	bolster	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 support	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 courage	nmod:poss
12	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bolster	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 support	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		support property	tree rules
2	strengthen	infinitive	something		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Patient
3	bolster	infinitive	your courage		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot courage=Theme

Example 1

She put a bolster under her head.

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 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bolster	det
4	bolster	bolster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	a bolster		her head			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bolster=Theme under head=Destination

Example 2

The bear's bolster was pulled out of place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolster	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bear	case
4	bolster	bolster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pulled	aux:pass
6	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 place	case
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	past · passive		the bear's bolster		place			tree rules

Example 3

Good training will bolster your confidence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 training	amod
2	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolster	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bolster	aux
4	bolster	bolster	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 confidence	nmod:poss
6	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolster	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bolster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolster	future	Good training	your confidence					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot confidence=Theme
2	confide		your						nom confidence «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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