brindle

Who acts: Brindle, cow, brindle dog, farmer · What happens: be, have, wag, go, lie down, milk · To what, where: coat, animal, name, stories, striped tail, brindle cow

«brindle» 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: brindle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Brindle is a coat of brown or grey with dark streaks or spots, as on some cows and dogs.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brindle	brindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coat	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coat	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coat	det
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 brown	case
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coat	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 grey	cc
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brown	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 streaks	case
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 streaks	amod
11	streaks	streak	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grey	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 spots	cc
13	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 streaks	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cows	punct
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 cows	case
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 cows	case
17	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	18 cows	det
18	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 streaks	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 dogs	cc
20	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 cows	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Brindle	a coat				of brown	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

A brindle is an animal with such a coat; in stories a cow may have the name Brindle.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brindle	det
2	brindle	brindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 coat	case
7	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 coat	det:predet
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coat	det
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 stories	case
12	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 have	obl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cow	det
14	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 have	aux
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 animal	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 name	det
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obj
19	Brindle	Brindle	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 name	appos
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a brindle	a animal				with such coat	tree rules
2	have	may	a cow	the name		stories			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

Example 1

The brindle dog wagged its striped tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	brindle	brindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagged	nsubj
4	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tail	nmod:poss
6	striped	striped	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagged	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	the brindle dog	dog's striped tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Example 2

Brindle is going to lie down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brindle	brindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 lie	mark
5	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 going	xcomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 lie	compound:prt
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	Brindle						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie down	to-infinitive	Brindle not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The farmer milked the brindle cow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milked	nsubj
3	milked	milk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cow	det
5	brindle	brindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cow	compound
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 milked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	milk	past	the farmer	the brindle cow					vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source

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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