dovecote

Who acts: dovecote, pigeons, Grandad, fox · What happens: be, build, live, lay, fly back, creep · To what, where: small house, eggs, dovecote, barn wall

«dovecote» 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: dovecote in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dovecote is a small house or box built high up, where pigeons or doves live and lay their eggs.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dovecote	det
2	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 house	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 box	cc
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	conj
9	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 house	acl
10	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 up	advmod
11	up	up	ADV	_	9 built	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 live	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 live	advmod
14	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 live	nsubj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 doves	cc
16	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pigeons	conj
17	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 house	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 lay	cc
19	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 live	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 eggs	nmod:poss
21	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 lay	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 house	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a dovecote	a small house or box	tree rules
2	build	participle		a small house or box not said here	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	live	present	pigeons or doves		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	lay	present	pigeons or doves not said here	pigeons's eggs	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

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 pigeons flew back to the dovecote at dusk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pigeons	det
2	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 flew	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dovecote	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dovecote	det
7	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dusk	case
9	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly back	past	the pigeons				dusk	to the dovecote result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to dovecote=Result

Example 2

Grandad built a dovecote on the barn wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dovecote	det
4	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
7	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wall	compound
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Grandad	a dovecote		the barn wall			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dovecote=Theme on wall=Source

Example 3

A fox crept round the dovecote looking for a meal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crept	nsubj
3	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 dovecote	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dovecote	det
6	dovecote	dovecote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crept	obl
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 crept	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 meal	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meal	det
10	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 crept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	a fox			the dovecote			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round dovecote=Trajectory
2	look	gerund	a fox not said here					for a meal	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for meal=Theme

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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