courser

Who acts: courser, prince, knight · What happens: be, use, ride, throw up, mount, ride away · To what, where: swift, white courser, plain, sods, courser

«courser» 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: courser in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, poetic — kept apart, not parsed.

A courser is a swift, fine horse, used for riding in battle or on a quest.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 courser	det
2	courser	courser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swift	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 swift	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 swift	det
5	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 horse	punct
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horse	amod
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swift	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 swift	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 riding	case
12	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 battle	case
14	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 riding	nmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 quest	cc
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 quest	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 quest	det
18	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 battle	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 swift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a courser	a swift and fine horse					tree rules
2	use	participle		a swift and fine horse not said here				for riding in battle or a quest	vn eat-39.1 «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 prince rode his white courser across the plain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 courser	nmod:poss
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 courser	amod
6	courser	courser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obj
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 plain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plain	det
9	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the prince	prince's white courser		the plain			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent courser=Theme across plain=Trajectory

Example 2

The courser threw up sods of earth with its hooves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courser	det
2	courser	courser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threw	nsubj
3	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 threw	compound:prt
5	sods	sod	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threw	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 earth	case
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sods	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hooves	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hooves	nmod:poss
10	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 threw	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw up	past	the courser	sods of earth				with courser's hooves	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sod=Theme

Example 3

The knight mounted his courser and rode away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mounted	nsubj
3	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 courser	nmod:poss
5	courser	courser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mounted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rode	cc
7	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mounted	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 rode	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mounted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mount	past	the knight	knight's courser					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courser=Patient
2	ride away	past	the knight not said here					away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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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