cowherd

Who acts: person, cowherd, kind cowherd · What happens: be, job, lead, milk, give · To what, where: fields, cows, river, bread, boy

«cowherd» 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: cowherd in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person whose job is to look after cows out in the fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 look	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 cows	case
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
10	out	out	ADV	_	7 look	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 fields	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fields	det
13	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person			the fields	after cows	look, out property	tree rules
2	job		a person						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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 cowherd led his cows to the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cowherd	det
2	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	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 cows	nmod:poss
5	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	the cowherd	cowherd's cows		the river			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cow=Theme to river=Destination

Example 2

Every morning the cowherd milked the cows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 morning	det
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 milked	obl:unmarked
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cowherd	det
4	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 milked	nsubj
5	milked	milk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cows	det
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 milked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 milked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	milk	past	the cowherd	the cows			morning		vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source

Example 3

A kind cowherd gave the boy some bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cowherd	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cowherd	amod
3	cowherd	cowherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	iobj
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 bread	det
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a kind cowherd	some bread	the boy				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient bread=Theme

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