divan
Who acts: Guests · What happens: cover, place, rest, sit · To what, where: arms, wall, caliph, divan
«divan» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: divan in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A low couch, usually without a back or arms, often covered with cushions and placed against a wall.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 couch | det |
| 2 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 couch | amod |
| 3 | couch | couch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 back | punct |
| 5 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 8 back | advmod |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 back | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 couch | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 arms | cc |
| 10 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 back | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 covered | punct |
| 12 | often | often | ADV | _ | 13 covered | advmod |
| 13 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 arms | acl:relcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 cushions | case |
| 15 | cushions | cushion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 covered | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 placed | cc |
| 17 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 covered | conj |
| 18 | against | against | ADP | _ | 20 wall | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 wall | det |
| 20 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 placed | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 couch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | arms not said here | with cushions; often property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cushion=Theme | ||||
| 2 | place | participle | a wall | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against wall=Destination |
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 caliph rested on his divan.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caliph | det |
| 2 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | rested | rest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 caliph | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 divan | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 divan | nmod:poss |
| 6 | divan | divan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rested | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 caliph | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | participle | the caliph not said here | his divan | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on divan=Location |
Example 2
Guests sat on a divan around the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 divan | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 divan | det |
| 5 | divan | divan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sat | obl |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 table | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 table | det |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sat | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | Guests | a divan | around the table | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on divan=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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