cornice

Who acts: cornice, plaster, painter, room · What happens: decorate, be, run, climb, paint, carve · To what, where: decorated strip, top, ladder, cornice, Gold leaves, white cornice

«cornice» 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: cornice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cornice is a decorated strip of wood, plaster or stone that runs along the top of a wall, just under the ceiling or roof.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cornice	det
2	cornice	cornice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strip	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strip	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 strip	det
5	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 strip	amod
6	strip	strip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 wood	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strip	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 plaster	punct
10	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strip	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 stone	cc
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plaster	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 runs	nsubj
14	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 plaster	acl:relcl
15	along	along	ADP	_	17 top	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 top	det
17	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 runs	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 wall	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 wall	det
20	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 top	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 ceiling	punct
22	just	just	ADV	_	25 ceiling	advmod
23	under	under	ADP	_	25 ceiling	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 ceiling	det
25	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strip	conj
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 roof	cc
27	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ceiling	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 strip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	decorate	participle					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a cornice	a decorated strip and the ceiling or roof		of wood	tree rules
3	run	present	plaster or stone		the top of a wall		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along top=Trajectory

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 painter climbed the ladder to paint the cornice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 painter	det
2	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climbed	nsubj
3	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ladder	det
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climbed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 paint	mark
7	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 climbed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cornice	det
9	cornice	cornice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paint	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	the painter	the ladder					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location ladder=Theme
2	paint	to-infinitive	the painter not said here	the cornice					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cornice=Destination

Example 2

Gold leaves were carved along the cornice of the palace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	compound
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carved	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carved	aux:pass
4	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 cornice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cornice	det
7	cornice	cornice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 palace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 palace	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cornice	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 carved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · passive		Gold leaves				along the cornice of the palace	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

The room had a white cornice under a bright ceiling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cornice	det
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cornice	amod
6	cornice	cornice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	10 ceiling	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ceiling	det
9	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ceiling	amod
10	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the room	a white cornice		a bright ceiling			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cornice=Patient

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