docile

Who acts: old horse, children, Guinea pigs, farmer, tiger, Manatees · What happens: control, teach, bite, fight, be, let · To what, where: horse, docile pets, docile breed, school, home

«docile» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: docile in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Quiet, calm and easy to control or teach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 calm	punct
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Quiet	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 easy	cc
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Quiet	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 control	mark
7	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easy	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 teach	cc
9	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 control	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	to-infinitive							vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	teach speech: other	infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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: animals — kept apart, not parsed.

Gentle and not likely to bite or fight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	Gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 likely	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 likely	cc
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bite	mark
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 likely	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fight	cc
8	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bite	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	to-infinitive							vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	fight	infinitive							vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The old horse was docile and let the children ride him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 docile	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 docile	cop
5	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 docile	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ride	nsubj
10	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 let	ccomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ride	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 docile	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old horse		docile property	tree rules
2	let	infinitive	the old horse not said here			tree rules
3	ride	present	the children	horse		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Example 2

Guinea pigs are usually docile pets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pigs	compound
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pets	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pets	cop
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 pets	advmod
5	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pets	amod
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Guinea pigs	docile pets				usually property	tree rules

Example 3

The farmer chose a docile breed of sheep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 breed	det
5	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 breed	amod
6	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sheep	case
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 breed	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	the farmer	a docile breed of sheep					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breed=Theme

Example 4

The tiger looked docile, but it was still dangerous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dangerous	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 dangerous	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dangerous	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dangerous	cop
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 dangerous	advmod
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the tiger					docile property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	tiger				still	dangerous property	tree rules

Example 5

Manatees are large but docile animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Manatees	manatee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 large	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 large	cop
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 animals	cc
5	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 large	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 large	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Manatees					large property	tree rules

Example 6

He was docile at school but wild at home.

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	3 docile	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 docile	cop
3	docile	docile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 docile	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 wild	cc
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 docile	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wild	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 docile	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			school		docile property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			home			tree rules

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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