counterpane

Who acts: counterpane, rose leaf, velvet counterpane · What happens: decorate, be, lay, cover, make · To what, where: decorated cover, bed, beds, counterpane

«counterpane» 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: counterpane in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A counterpane is a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 counterpane	det
2	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cover	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cover	det
5	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cover	amod
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cover	acl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 bed	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bed	det
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laid	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 top	punct
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 top	case
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 sheets	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sheets	det
16	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 top	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 blankets	cc
18	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sheets	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	decorate	participle				vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a counterpane	a decorated cover and top of the sheets and blankets		tree rules
3	lay	participle		a decorated cover and top of the sheets and blankets not said here	a bed	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over bed=Destination

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 beds were covered with white counterpanes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beds	det
2	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 covered	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 counterpanes	case
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 counterpanes	amod
7	counterpanes	counterpane	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 covered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the beds				with white counterpanes	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with counterpane=Theme

Example 2

A rose-leaf made a counterpane for the little bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 leaf	det
2	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaf	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 rose	punct
4	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 counterpane	det
7	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 bed	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bed	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bed	amod
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	a rose leaf	a counterpane				for the little bed	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent counterpane=Product for bed=Asset

Example 3

The velvet counterpane was warm and green.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 counterpane	det
2	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counterpane	compound
3	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 warm	cop
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 green	cc
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 warm	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 warm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the velvet counterpane					warm property	tree rules
2	be		the velvet counterpane not said here						tree rules

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