damask
Who acts: mirrors, curtains, damask roses · What happens: weave, use, be, damask · To what, where: patterns, cloth, rich cloth, mirrors, hangings, garden
«damask» 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: damask in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for curtains and tablecloths.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cloth | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cloth | amod |
| 3 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 patterns | case |
| 5 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cloth | nmod |
| 6 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 patterns | acl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 woven | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 used | punct |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cloth | acl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 curtains | case |
| 12 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 used | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 tablecloths | cc |
| 14 | tablecloths | tablecloth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 curtains | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cloth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | participle | patterns not said here | cloth | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | ||||
| 2 | use | participle | a rich cloth with patterns not said here | for curtains and tablecloths | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A pinkish-red colour, as in «damask roses».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 colour | det |
| 2 | pinkish | pinkish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 colour | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 pinkish | punct |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 colour | amod |
| 5 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 roses | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 roses | case |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 roses | case |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 roses | punct |
| 10 | damask | damask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 roses | compound |
| 11 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 colour | appos |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 roses | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 colour | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Everywhere were mirrors, lights, flowers and damask hangings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 mirrors | advmod |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 mirrors | cop |
| 3 | mirrors | mirror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 damask | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lights | punct |
| 5 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mirrors | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 flowers | punct |
| 7 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mirrors | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 damask | cc |
| 9 | damask | damask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | hangings | hanging | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 damask | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 damask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | mirrors and lights and flowers | everywhere property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | damask | present | mirrors and lights and flowers | hangings | tree rules |
Example 2
The curtains were of damask with gold tassels.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 curtains | det |
| 2 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 damask | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 damask | cop |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 damask | case |
| 5 | damask | damask | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 tassels | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tassels | compound |
| 8 | tassels | tassel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 damask | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 damask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the curtains | of damask; with gold tassels | tree rules |
Example 3
There were damask roses in the garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 were | expl |
| 2 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | damask | damask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 roses | compound |
| 4 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 were | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 garden | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 garden | det |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 were | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 were | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | damask roses | the garden; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=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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