caftan
Who acts: king, caftan, He · What happens: wear, send, sweep, walk · To what, where: wide sleeves, parts, red caftan, boy, floor, long blue caftan
«caftan» 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: caftan in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 robe | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 robe | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 robe | amod |
| 5 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 sleeves | case |
| 7 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleeves | amod |
| 8 | sleeves | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 robe | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 worn | punct |
| 10 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 sleeves | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 parts | case |
| 12 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 worn | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 East | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 East | det |
| 15 | Middle | Middle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 East | compound |
| 16 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 parts | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 Africa | cc |
| 18 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Africa | compound |
| 19 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 East | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 robe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | participle | wide sleeves not said here | parts of the Middle East and North Africa | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.
Example 1
The king sent a red caftan to the boy.
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 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 caftan | det |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caftan | amod |
| 6 | caftan | caftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 boy | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boy | det |
| 9 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | a red caftan | the boy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent caftan=Theme to boy=Destination |
Example 2
Her caftan swept the floor as she walked.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 caftan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | caftan | caftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swept | nsubj |
| 3 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 floor | det |
| 5 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swept | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 walked | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 walked | nsubj |
| 8 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swept | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 swept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep | past | Her caftan | the floor | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | walk | past | caftan | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
He wore a long blue caftan.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wore | nsubj |
| 2 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 caftan | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caftan | amod |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caftan | amod |
| 6 | caftan | caftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | He | a long blue caftan | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent caftan=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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