coachman

Who acts: coachman, man · What happens: be, drive, draw, whip up, stop, need · To what, where: man, drawn coach, horses, inn, strong hands, reins

«coachman» 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: coachman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A coachman is a man who drives a horse-drawn coach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coachman	det
2	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 drives	nsubj
7	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 coach	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drawn	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 horse	punct
11	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 coach	amod
12	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drives	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a coachman	a man	tree rules
2	drive	present	a man	a drawn coach	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Theme
3	draw	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 coachman whipped up his horses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coachman	det
2	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whipped	nsubj
3	whipped	whip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 whipped	compound:prt
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horses	nmod:poss
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 whipped	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whip up	past	the coachman	coachman's horses					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent horse=Material

Example 2

The coachman stopped at the inn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coachman	det
2	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 inn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inn	det
6	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the coachman			the inn			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location

Example 3

A coachman needs strong hands to hold the reins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coachman	det
2	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hands	amod
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needs	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needs	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reins	det
9	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a coachman	strong hands					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme
2	hold	to-infinitive	a coachman not said here	the reins					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Theme

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