currycomb

Who acts: groom, you, He, mare · What happens: use, clean, brush, currycomb, be, shine · To what, where: teeth, coat, horse, currycomb, mare

«currycomb» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: currycomb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A metal comb with rows of teeth, used to clean and brush a horse's coat.

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	3 comb	det
2	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comb	compound
3	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 rows	case
5	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comb	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rows	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 teeth	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 clean	mark
11	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 brush	cc
13	brush	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 clean	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 coat	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 horse	case
17	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brush	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 comb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	use	participle	teeth not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clean	to-infinitive		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	brush	infinitive	a horse's coat	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=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.

Meaning 2

To currycomb a horse is to brush it with such a comb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 currycomb	mark
2	currycomb	currycomb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 brush	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 currycomb	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 brush	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 brush	mark
7	brush	brush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brush	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 comb	case
10	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	12 comb	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 comb	det
12	comb	comb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brush	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 brush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	currycomb	to-infinitive		a horse					tree rules
2	is	present						with such comb; brush property	tree rules

Example 1

The groom used a currycomb on the pony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 groom	det
2	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 currycomb	det
5	currycomb	currycomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 pony	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pony	det
8	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the groom	a currycomb				on the pony	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent currycomb=Patient

Example 2

Brush the horse with the currycomb, then with a soft brush.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brush	brush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Brush	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 currycomb	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 currycomb	det
6	currycomb	currycomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Brush	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 brush	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 brush	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 brush	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 brush	det
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 brush	amod
12	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Brush	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Brush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brush	imperative	you not said here		the horse			with the currycomb; with a soft brush	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent horse=Destination with currycomb=Theme

Example 3

He currycombed the mare until she shone.

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 currycombed	nsubj
2	currycombed	currycomb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mare	det
4	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 currycombed	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 shone	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shone	nsubj
7	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 currycombed	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 currycombed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	currycomb	past	He	the mare					tree rules
2	shine	past	mare						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

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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