brooch
Who acts: brooch, stranger, king, She · What happens: be, wear, fasten, decorate, give, put away · To what, where: piece, clothes, silver brooch, cloak, golden brooch, her
«brooch» 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: brooch in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A brooch is a piece of jewellery with a pin, worn to fasten or decorate clothes.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 brooch | det |
| 2 | brooch | brooch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 piece | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 piece | det |
| 5 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 jewellery | case |
| 7 | jewellery | jewellery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 pin | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pin | det |
| 10 | pin | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jewellery | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 worn | punct |
| 12 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 piece | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 fasten | mark |
| 14 | fasten | fasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 worn | xcomp |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 decorate | cc |
| 16 | decorate | decorate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fasten | conj |
| 17 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 16 decorate | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 piece | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a brooch | a piece | of jewellery with a pin | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wear | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | fasten | to-infinitive | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | decorate | infinitive | clothes | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Destination |
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 stranger wore a silver brooch on his cloak.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 stranger | det |
| 2 | stranger | stranger | 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 | 6 brooch | det |
| 5 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brooch | amod |
| 6 | brooch | brooch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 cloak | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the stranger | a silver brooch | stranger's cloak | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brooch=Theme |
Example 2
The king gave her a golden brooch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brooch | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brooch | amod |
| 7 | brooch | brooch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | a golden brooch | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient brooch=Theme |
Example 3
She put the brooch away in a box.
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brooch | det |
| 4 | brooch | brooch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 put | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 box | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 box | det |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put away | past | She | the brooch | a box | away property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brooch=Theme in box=Destination |
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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