caparisoned
Who acts: horse, knights, caparisoned steed · What happens: caparison, mean, dress, decorate, be, ride · To what, where: fine decorated cloth, caparisoned horses, gate, horse, gold, door
«caparisoned» 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: caparisoned in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Caparisoned means dressed in fine decorated cloth and trappings, as a horse is for a grand ride or parade.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caparisoned | caparison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cloth | case |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cloth | amod |
| 6 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 cloth | amod |
| 7 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 trappings | cc |
| 9 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cloth | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 ride | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 ride | mark |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 horse | det |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ride | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 ride | cop |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 ride | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 ride | det |
| 17 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 ride | amod |
| 18 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | obl |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 parade | cc |
| 20 | parade | parade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ride | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caparison | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | dress not said to happen | participle | fine decorated cloth and trappings | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | decorate | participle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is | present | a horse | for a grand ride or parade | 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.
Example 1
The knights rode caparisoned horses through the gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knights | det |
| 2 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rode | nsubj |
| 3 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | caparisoned | caparison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 horses | amod |
| 5 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rode | obj |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rode | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rode | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the knights | caparisoned horses | the gate | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through gate=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | caparison | participle | tree rules |
Example 2
The prince's horse was caparisoned in gold and red.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 horse | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 prince | case |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caparisoned | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 caparisoned | aux:pass |
| 6 | caparisoned | caparison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caparisoned | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 red | cc |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caparisoned | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 caparisoned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caparison | past · passive | the prince's horse | gold | tree rules |
Example 3
The caparisoned steed waited at the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 steed | det |
| 2 | caparisoned | caparison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 steed | amod |
| 3 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 waited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caparison | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | wait | past | the caparisoned steed | the door | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location |
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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