farthingale
Who acts: farthingale, skirt · What happens: be, wear, make, stand out, dress · To what, where: frame, long skirt, farthingale, She, ruff, skirt
«farthingale» 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: farthingale in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt to make it stand out, worn by ladies long ago. (old use).
Sentence 1: A farthingale was a frame or hoop worn under a long skirt to make it stand out, worn by ladies long ago.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 farthingale | det |
| 2 | farthingale | farthingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frame | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 frame | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 frame | det |
| 5 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 hoop | cc |
| 7 | hoop | hoop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frame | conj |
| 8 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 frame | acl |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 skirt | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 skirt | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 skirt | amod |
| 12 | skirt | skirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worn | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 make | mark |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 worn | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 make | obj |
| 16 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 make | xcomp |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 stand | compound:prt |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 worn | punct |
| 19 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 frame | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 ladies | case |
| 21 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 worn | obl |
| 22 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 ago | advmod |
| 23 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 19 worn | advmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 frame | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a farthingale | a frame or hoop | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wear | participle | a frame or hoop not said here | a long skirt | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | farthingale | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | stand out | infinitive | farthingale not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | wear | participle | a farthingale not said here | by ladies; ago property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.
Sentence 2: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
She was dressed in a ruff and a farthingale.
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 | 3 dressed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dressed | aux:pass |
| 3 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ruff | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ruff | det |
| 6 | ruff | ruff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 farthingale | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 farthingale | det |
| 9 | farthingale | farthingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ruff | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dressed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | past · passive | She | a ruff and a farthingale | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Example 2
The farthingale made her skirt stand out wide.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farthingale | det |
| 2 | farthingale | farthingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 skirt | nmod:poss |
| 5 | skirt | skirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 stand | compound:prt |
| 8 | wide | wide | ADV | _ | 6 stand | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the farthingale | farthingale's skirt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand out | infinitive | farthingale's skirt not said here | wide property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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