chattel

Who acts: chattel, person, Chattels, She, farmer, They · What happens: be, own, move, mean, bring, sell · To what, where: item, thing, belongings, goods, chattels, cart

«chattel» 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: chattel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chattel is an item of personal property, a thing a person owns that can be moved (old use). Chattels means all the belongings of a person.

Sentence 1: A chattel is an item of personal property, a thing a person owns that can be moved (old use).

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chattel	det
2	chattel	chattel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 item	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 item	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 item	det
5	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 property	case
7	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 property	amod
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 item	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thing	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 item	appos
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 owns	nsubj
14	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thing	acl:relcl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 moved	nsubj:pass
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 moved	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 moved	aux:pass
18	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 thing	acl:relcl
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 use	punct
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 use	amod
21	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 item	appos
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 use	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 item	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chattel	a item	of personal property	tree rules
2	own	present	a person	a thing not said here		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme
3	move	can · passive		a thing		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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.

Sentence 2: Chattels means all the belongings of a person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chattels	chattel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 belongings	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belongings	det
5	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 belongings	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Chattels	all belongings of a person					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belonging=Topic

Example 1

She brought her goods and chattels, her gold and her jewels.

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 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 goods	nmod:poss
4	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 brought	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chattels	cc
6	chattels	chattel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 goods	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gold	punct
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gold	nmod:poss
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 jewels	cc
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 jewels	nmod:poss
12	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gold	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	She	her goods and chattels					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent goods=Theme

Example 2

The farmer sold all his chattels and moved away.

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 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 chattels	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chattels	nmod:poss
6	chattels	chattel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 moved	cc
8	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 moved	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the farmer	farmer's chattels					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chattel=Theme
2	move away	past	the farmer not said here					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

They packed their chattels onto the cart.

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 packed	nsubj
2	packed	pack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 chattels	nmod:poss
4	chattels	chattel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 packed	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 cart	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cart	det
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 packed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 packed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	past	They	their chattels		the cart			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chattel=Theme onto cart=Destination

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