coarse

Who acts: Coarse fishing, coarse voice, Coarse sandpaper, beach, fur, you · What happens: touch, make, chop, fish, be, sound · To what, where: coarse salt, other, lot, coarse yellow sand, pepper, coarse jokes · Speech: someone speaks here

«coarse» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: coarse in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Rough and thick to touch, not smooth or fine (coarse sand, coarse cloth).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rough	rough	ADV	_	3 thick	advmod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 thick	cc
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 touch	mark
5	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thick	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smooth	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 smooth	advmod
8	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thick	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 fine	cc
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smooth	conj
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 sand	punct
12	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sand	amod
13	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thick	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cloth	punct
15	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cloth	amod
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sand	conj
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 sand	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	to-infinitive							vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Made of big pieces or grains, not fine ones (coarse salt, coarsely chopped).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 pieces	case
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pieces	amod
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Made	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 grains	cc
6	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pieces	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ones	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 ones	advmod
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pieces	conj
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 salt	punct
12	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 salt	amod
13	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ones	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 chopped	punct
15	coarsely	coarsely	ADV	_	16 chopped	advmod
16	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 salt	acl
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 chopped	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle						of big pieces or grains and fine ones coarse salt	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	chop	participle		coarse salt not said here				coarsely property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Meaning 3

Rude, crude or vulgar in manners or language (coarse jokes).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 crude	punct
3	crude	crude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rude	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 vulgar	cc
5	vulgar	vulgar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Rude	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 manners	case
7	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 vulgar	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 language	cc
9	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 manners	conj
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 jokes	punct
11	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 jokes	amod
12	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 language	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 jokes	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rude	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Usage: fishing, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

«Coarse fishing» is fishing for freshwater fish other than salmon and trout.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 fishing	punct
2	Coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fishing	amod
3	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fishing	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 fishing	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fishing	aux
6	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 fish	case
8	freshwater	freshwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fish	compound
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fishing	obl
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fishing	obl
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 salmon	case
12	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 other	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 trout	cc
14	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 salmon	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fishing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish	present · progressive	Coarse fishing	other				for freshwater fish	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for fish=Theme

Meaning 5

A coarse voice is deep, harsh and rough-sounding, not soft or smooth.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 voice	det
2	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 voice	amod
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deep	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deep	cop
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 harsh	punct
7	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deep	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sounding	cc
9	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sounding	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 rough	punct
11	sounding	sound	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 deep	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 soft	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 soft	advmod
14	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deep	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 smooth	cc
16	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 soft	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 deep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	a coarse voice	deep property	tree rules
2	be		a coarse voice not said here		tree rules
3	sound	gerund	a coarse voice not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	not be		a coarse voice not said here		tree rules

Example 1

Coarse sandpaper takes off a lot of wood quickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sandpaper	amod
2	sandpaper	sandpaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	nsubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 takes	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 takes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wood	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lot	nmod
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 takes	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 takes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	present	Coarse sandpaper	a lot of wood				quickly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Example 2

The beach had coarse yellow sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beach	det
2	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sand	amod
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sand	amod
6	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the beach	coarse yellow sand					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient

Example 3

The donkey's fur felt coarse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 donkey	det
2	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fur	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 donkey	case
4	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 felt	nsubj
5	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 felt	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	the donkey's fur					coarse property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

Grind the pepper coarse, not fine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grind	grind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pepper	det
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grind	obj
4	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grind	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coarse	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grind	imperative	you not said here	the pepper				coarse property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pepper=Patient

Example 5

The pirate told coarse jokes that made the sailors laugh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pirate	det
2	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 jokes	amod
5	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	iobj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 jokes	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sailors	det
9	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 laugh	nsubj
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the pirate	coarse jokes	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient
2	make	past	coarse jokes		tree rules
3	laugh	present	the sailors		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

We sieved the soil to separate coarse and fine bits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sieved	nsubj
2	sieved	sieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sieved	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 separate	mark
6	separate	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sieved	advcl
7	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bits	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fine	cc
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coarse	conj
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 separate	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sieved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sieve	past	We	the soil					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient
2	separate	to-infinitive	We not said here	coarse bits					vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Example 7

Grandad goes coarse fishing for carp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fishing	amod
4	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 carp	case
6	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fishing	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Grandad	coarse fishing				for carp	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fishing=Theme

Example 8

In a gruff, coarse voice she broke forth:

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
3	gruff	gruff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gruff	punct
5	coarse	coarse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broke	obl
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 broke	nsubj
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	forth	forth	ADV	_	8 broke	advmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	she			a gruff coarse voice		forth property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location

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