curtsy
Who acts: curtsy, little girl, She, you · What happens: make, bend, do, sign, be, curtsy · To what, where: bow, knees, sign, respect, curtsy, Queen
«curtsy» 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: curtsy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A bow made by bending the knees, one foot behind the other, as a sign of respect, done by a girl or woman.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bow | det |
| 2 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bow | acl |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 bending | mark |
| 5 | bending | bend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 knees | det |
| 7 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bending | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 foot | punct |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 foot | nummod |
| 10 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knees | appos |
| 11 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 13 other | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 other | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 foot | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sign | punct |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 sign | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 sign | det |
| 17 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bending | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 respect | case |
| 19 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sign | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 done | punct |
| 21 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 sign | acl |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 girl | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 girl | det |
| 24 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 done | obl |
| 25 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 woman | cc |
| 26 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 girl | conj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a bow not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | bend | gerund | the knees | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent knee=Material | |||||
| 3 | do | participle | a sign of respect not said here | by a girl or woman | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | sign | respect | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 curtsy is to make such a bow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 curtsy | mark |
| 2 | curtsy | curtsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 bow | det:predet |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bow | det |
| 8 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | curtsy | make property | tree rules |
Example 1
The little girl made a curtsy to the queen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 curtsy | det |
| 6 | curtsy | curtsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the little girl | a curtsy | to the queen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtsy=Product |
Example 2
She curtsied and smiled.
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 curtsied | nsubj |
| 2 | curtsied | curtsy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 smiled | cc |
| 4 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 curtsied | conj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 curtsied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curtsy | past | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | smile | past | She not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Always curtsy when you meet the Queen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 curtsy | advmod |
| 2 | curtsy | curtsy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 meet | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 meet | nsubj |
| 5 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 curtsy | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Queen | det |
| 7 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 meet | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 curtsy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curtsy | imperative | you not said here | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | meet | present | you | the Queen | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Co-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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