dais

Who acts: raised platform, everyone, king, speaker · What happens: raise, sit, see, stand, give, talk · To what, where: raised dais, dais, talk, top table

«dais» 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: dais in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A raised platform at one end of a hall, where a king, a speaker or a top table sits so that everyone can see.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 platform	det
2	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 platform	amod
3	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sits	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 end	nummod
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 platform	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hall	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hall	det
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sits	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 sits	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sits	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 speaker	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 speaker	det
16	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 king	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 table	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 table	det
19	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 table	amod
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 king	conj
21	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	26 see	mark
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 so	fixed
24	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	26 see	nsubj
25	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 see	aux
26	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 sits	advcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 sits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	raise	participle		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sit	present	a raised platform at one end of a hall	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	can	everyone	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 king sat on the raised dais.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 dais	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dais	det
6	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dais	amod
7	dais	dais	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the king			the raised dais			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on dais=Location
2	raise	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The speaker stood on the dais to give his talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 dais	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dais	det
6	dais	dais	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stood	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 talk	nmod:poss
10	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stand	past	the speaker		the dais	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on dais=Location
2	give	to-infinitive	the speaker not said here	speaker's talk		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme
3	talk		speaker			nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The top table was set up on a dais above the crowd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 table	det
2	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 table	amod
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux:pass
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 set	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 dais	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dais	det
9	dais	dais	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
10	above	above	ADP	_	12 crowd	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 crowd	det
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dais	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set up	past · passive		the top table		a dais above the crowd			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on dais=Destination

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