clothe Who acts: you, king · What happens: clothe, be, give, wear, afford, feed · To what, where: someone, clothes, children, soldiers, red, hills · Speech: someone speaks here
«clothe» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: clothe in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To clothe someone is to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear.
The tree, 15 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj case obl punct cc conj iobj obj mark acl punct root To PART clothe VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART put VERB clothes NOUN on ADP them PRON , PUNCT or CCONJ give VERB them PRON clothes NOUN to PART wear VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 clothe mark 2 clothe clothe VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 put advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 clothe obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 put cop 5 to to PART _ 6 put mark 6 put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 6 put obj 8 on on ADP _ 9 them case 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 put obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 give punct 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 give cc 12 give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 6 put conj 13 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 give iobj 14 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 12 give obj 15 to to PART _ 16 wear mark 16 wear wear VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 clothes acl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 clothe to-infinitive someone vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient 2 is present on clothes; put property tree rules 3 give infinitive clothes clothes vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clothes=Theme 4 wear to-infinitive clothes not said here 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.
Meaning 2 To clothe is to cover something as if with clothes, as in «clothe in the weeds of woe».
The tree, 18 words mark csubj cop mark obj case mark case obl punct mark mark punct parataxis case det obl case nmod punct punct root To PART clothe VERB is AUX to PART cover VERB something PRON as ADP if SCONJ with ADP clothes NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in SCONJ « PUNCT clothe VERB in ADP the DET weeds NOUN of ADP woe NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 clothe mark 2 clothe clothe VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 cover csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 cover cop 4 to to PART _ 5 cover mark 5 cover cover VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 cover obj 7 as as ADP _ 10 clothes case 8 if if SCONJ _ 10 clothes mark 9 with with ADP _ 10 clothes case 10 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 5 cover obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 clothe punct 12 as as SCONJ _ 15 clothe mark 13 in in SCONJ _ 15 clothe mark 14 « « PUNCT _ 15 clothe punct 15 clothe clothe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 cover parataxis 16 in in ADP _ 18 weeds case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 weeds det 18 weeds weed NOUN Number=Plur 15 clothe obl 19 of of ADP _ 20 woe case 20 woe woe NOUN Number=Sing 18 weeds nmod 21 » » PUNCT _ 15 clothe punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 cover punct
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1 clothe to-infinitive vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present as clothes; cover property tree rules 3 clothe in a quote infinitive in the weeds of woe vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in weed=Theme
Example 1 Can you afford to feed and clothe your children?
aux nsubj mark xcomp cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root Can AUX you PRON afford VERB to PART feed VERB and CCONJ clothe VERB your PRON children NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 afford aux 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 afford nsubj 3 afford afford VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 to to PART _ 5 feed mark 5 feed feed VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 afford xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 clothe cc 7 clothe clothe VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 feed conj 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 children nmod:poss 9 children child NOUN Number=Plur 7 clothe obj 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 afford punct
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1 afford can you tree rules 2 feed to-infinitive you not said here vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent 3 clothe infinitive you not said here your children vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
Example 2 The king clothed his soldiers in red.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root The DET king NOUN clothed VERB his PRON soldiers NOUN in ADP red ADJ . PUNCT 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 clothed nsubj 3 clothed clothe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 soldiers nmod:poss 5 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 clothed obj 6 in in ADP _ 7 red case 7 red red ADJ Degree=Pos 3 clothed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 clothed punct
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1 clothe past the king king's soldiers red vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient
Example 3 The hills were clothed in mist.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET hills NOUN were AUX clothed VERB in ADP mist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 hills det 2 hills hill NOUN Number=Plur 4 clothed nsubj:pass 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 clothed aux:pass 4 clothed clothe VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 mist case 6 mist mist NOUN Number=Sing 4 clothed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 clothed punct
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1 clothe past · passive the hills mist vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 4 Clothe yourself warmly before you go out.
obj advmod mark nsubj advcl advmod punct root Clothe VERB yourself PRON warmly ADV before SCONJ you PRON go VERB out ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Clothe clothe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Clothe obj 3 warmly warmly ADV _ 1 Clothe advmod 4 before before SCONJ _ 6 go mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 go nsubj 6 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Clothe advcl 7 out out ADV _ 6 go advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Clothe punct
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1 clothe imperative you not said here yourself warmly property vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient 2 go out present you out property vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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