brocade
Who acts: Brocade, queen, They, lining · What happens: be, weave, wear, show · To what, where: rich cloth, gown, splendid velvets, us, pink roses, silver brocade
«brocade» 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: brocade in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cloth | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cloth | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cloth | det |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cloth | amod |
| 5 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 cloth | acl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 patterns | case |
| 8 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 woven | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gold | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 gold | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 gold | case |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woven | obl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 thread | cc |
| 14 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 thread | compound |
| 15 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gold | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cloth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Brocade | a rich cloth | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | weave | participle | a rich cloth not said here | with patterns; with gold or silver thread | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
The queen wore a gown of silver brocade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | nsubj |
| 3 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gown | det |
| 5 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brocade | case |
| 7 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 brocade | amod |
| 8 | brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gown | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the queen | a gown of silver brocade | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gown=Theme |
Example 2
They showed us splendid velvets and brocades.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | iobj |
| 4 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 velvets | amod |
| 5 | velvets | velvet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 showed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brocades | cc |
| 7 | brocades | brocade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 velvets | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | They | splendid velvets and brocades | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient velvet=Topic |
Example 3
The lining was pink roses on silver brocade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lining | det |
| 2 | lining | lining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roses | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 roses | cop |
| 4 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 roses | amod |
| 5 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 brocade | case |
| 7 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 brocade | amod |
| 8 | brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roses | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 roses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the lining | pink roses | silver brocade | 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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