doorpost

Who acts: doorpost, She, He, cat · What happens: be, hold up, hang, knock, rub, purr · To what, where: one, top part, coat, doorpost, wooden doorpost

«doorpost» 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: doorpost in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doorpost	det
2	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 one	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 posts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 posts	det
7	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 posts	amod
8	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 side	case
10	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	11 side	det
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 posts	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 side	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hold	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 hold	nsubj
17	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 hold	compound:prt
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 part	det
20	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 part	amod
21	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hold	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 frame	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 frame	det
24	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 part	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a doorpost	one				of the upright posts on either side of a door	tree rules
2	hold up	present		the top part of the frame					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot part=Theme

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

She hung her coat on the doorpost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hung	nsubj
2	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coat	nmod:poss
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hung	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 doorpost	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doorpost	det
7	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hung	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past	She	her coat		the doorpost			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coat=Theme on doorpost=Destination

Example 2

He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost.

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 knocked	nsubj
2	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 times	nummod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knocked	obl:unmarked
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 doorpost	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doorpost	det
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 doorpost	amod
8	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knocked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	He			the wooden doorpost	time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on doorpost=Location

Example 3

The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	nsubj
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 doorpost	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doorpost	det
6	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 purred	cc
8	purred	purr	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rubbed	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rubbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle	the cat			the doorpost			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against doorpost=Destination
2	purr	participle	the cat not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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