dressmaker
Who acts: person, dressmaker, aunt · What happens: be, sew, measure · To what, where: blue dress, dressmaker, town, girl
«dressmaker» 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: dressmaker in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
a person whose job is to make dresses and other clothes for people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 3 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 4 job | nmod:poss |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 make | cop |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 clothes | cc |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 clothes | amod |
| 11 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 dresses | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 people | case |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a person | for people; make property | tree rules |
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 dressmaker sewed a blue dress for the princess.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dressmaker | det |
| 2 | dressmaker | dressmaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sewed | nsubj |
| 3 | sewed | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dress | det |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dress | amod |
| 6 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sewed | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 princess | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sewed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sewed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | past | the dressmaker | a blue dress | for the princess | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dress=Material for princess=Beneficiary |
Example 2
My aunt is a dressmaker in town.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dressmaker | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dressmaker | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dressmaker | det |
| 5 | dressmaker | dressmaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dressmaker | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dressmaker | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My aunt | a dressmaker | town | tree rules |
Example 3
The dressmaker measured the girl for her new frock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dressmaker | det |
| 2 | dressmaker | dressmaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 measured | nsubj |
| 3 | measured | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 measured | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 frock | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 frock | nmod:poss |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 frock | amod |
| 9 | frock | frock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 measured | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 measured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | past | the dressmaker | the girl | for dressmaker's new frock | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme girl=Value |
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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