dapple

Who acts: spots, He, Sunlight · What happens: pattern, mark, skill, observe, ride, dapple · To what, where: something, eyes, dapple, forest floor

«dapple» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: dapple in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees.

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	2 pattern	det
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 spots	case
4	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pattern	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 patches	cc
6	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spots	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 light	case
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 patches	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shade	cc
10	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 light	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 trees	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 trees	case
13	under	under	ADP	_	14 trees	case
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pattern	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pattern	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pattern		spots or patches of light and shade						nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=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: of a horse — kept apart, not parsed.

Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 spots	case
3	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 spots	amod
4	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spots	amod
5	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grey	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grey	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 grey	mark
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 grey	case
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 grey	punct
10	dapple	dapple	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grey	compound
11	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grey	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 grey	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grey	punct

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

Meaning 3

To mark something with spots or patches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mark	mark
2	mark	mark	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 mark	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 spots	case
5	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mark	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 patches	cc
7	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spots	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	to-infinitive		something				with spots or patches	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Destination with spot=Theme

Example 1

His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods.

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 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skilled	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 skilled	aux:pass
4	skilled	skill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 observe	mark
6	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 skilled	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dusk	det
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 observe	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dapple	cc
10	dapple	dapple	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dusk	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 woods	case
12	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woods	amod
13	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dapple	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 skilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skill	past · passive		His eyes					tree rules
2	observe	to-infinitive					dusk		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He rode a dapple grey horse.

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dapple	det
4	dapple	dapple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	He	a dapple					tree rules

Example 3

Sunlight dappled the forest floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dappled	nsubj
2	dappled	dapple	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
4	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floor	compound
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dappled	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dappled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dapple	past	Sunlight	the forest floor					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Destination

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