colt
Who acts: colt, We, colts · What happens: be, run, kick up, watch, gallop · To what, where: young male horse, field, heels, meadow
«colt» 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: colt in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old.
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 | 2 colt | det |
| 2 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 horse | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 horse | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 6 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 9 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 10 one | advmod |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 four | case |
| 12 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 one | nmod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 old | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 horse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a colt | a young male horse | 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 colt ran across the field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colt | det |
| 2 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 field | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 field | det |
| 6 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the colt | the field | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory |
Example 2
The farmer's colt kicked up its heels.
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 | 4 colt | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 farmer | case |
| 4 | colt | colt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kicked | nsubj |
| 5 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 kicked | compound:prt |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heels | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kicked | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 kicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick up | past | the farmer's colt | colt's heels | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent heel=Patient |
Example 3
We watched the colts gallop through the meadow.
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 watched | nsubj |
| 2 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colts | det |
| 4 | colts | colt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gallop | nsubj |
| 5 | gallop | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 watched | ccomp |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 meadow | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 meadow | det |
| 8 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gallop | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | We | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | gallop | present | the colts | the meadow | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through meadow=Trajectory |
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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