coverlet

Who acts: coverlet, prince, He, She · What happens: be, lay, keep, lie, hide, lift · To what, where: top cover, bed, blankets, you, face half, silk coverlet

«coverlet» 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: coverlet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A coverlet is the top cover on a bed, laid over the blankets to keep you warm.

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 coverlet	det
2	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cover	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cover	det
5	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cover	amod
6	cover	cover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 bed	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bed	det
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 laid	punct
11	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cover	conj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 blankets	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 blankets	det
14	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 laid	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 laid	advcl
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keep	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a coverlet	the top cover	a bed		tree rules
2	lay	participle	a coverlet not said here		the blankets		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over blanket=Destination
3	keep	to-infinitive	a coverlet not said here	you		warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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.

Example 1

The prince lay with his face half hidden by the coverlet.

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 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 half	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 half	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 half	compound
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 lay	obl
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 half	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 coverlet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coverlet	det
11	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the prince					with prince's face half	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	participle		prince's face half not said here				by the coverlet	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by coverlet=Location

Example 2

He lifted the silk coverlet and looked underneath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coverlet	det
4	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coverlet	compound
5	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looked	cc
7	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj
8	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	7 looked	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lifted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	He	the silk coverlet					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme
2	look	past	He not said here					underneath property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

She pulled the coverlet up to her chin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coverlet	det
4	coverlet	coverlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 chin	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chin	nmod:poss
8	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	past	She	the coverlet		her chin			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme to chin=Destination

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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