curlicue

Who acts: She, her, gate, moustache · What happens: draw, name, have, end · To what, where: curlicues, name, iron curlicues, top

«curlicue» 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: curlicue in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A fancy curl or twist in writing, drawing or ironwork.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 curl	det
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 curl	amod
3	curl	curl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 twist	cc
5	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curl	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 writing	case
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 twist	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 drawing	punct
9	drawing	drawing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 curl	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 ironwork	cc
11	ironwork	ironwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drawing	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 curl	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

She drew curlicues around her name.

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 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	curlicues	curlicue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 name	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	curlicues		her name			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curlicue=Theme
2	name		her = she						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The gate had iron curlicues at the top.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 curlicues	compound
5	curlicues	curlicue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the gate	iron curlicues		the top			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curlicue=Patient

Example 3

His moustache ended in curlicues.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 moustache	nmod:poss
2	moustache	moustache	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ended	nsubj
3	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 curlicues	case
5	curlicues	curlicue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ended	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	His moustache			curlicues			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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