fleece Who acts: woolly coat, farmer, Mary, fleece, you, taxi driver · What happens: cut, make, fleece, be, charge, clip · To what, where: one piece, jumper, someone, money, much, fleece
«fleece» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: fleece in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece.
The tree, 16 words det amod nsubj case det nmod punct cc det nsubj case nummod obl case nummod obl punct root The DET woolly ADJ coat NOUN of ADP a DET sheep NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ the DET wool NOUN cut VERB from ADP one NUM sheep NOUN in ADP one NUM piece NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 coat det 2 woolly woolly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 coat amod 3 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 11 cut nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 6 sheep case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sheep det 6 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 3 coat nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 wool punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 10 wool cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 wool det 10 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 11 cut nsubj 11 cut cut VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 from from ADP _ 14 sheep case 13 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 14 sheep nummod 14 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 11 cut obl 15 in in ADP _ 17 piece case 16 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 17 piece nummod 17 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing 11 cut obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 11 cut punct
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1 cut past the woolly coat of a sheep one piece from one sheep vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sheep=Location
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 A soft, warm jacket or jumper made of fluffy man-made fabric.
The tree, 12 words det amod punct amod cc conj acl case amod compound punct amod obl punct root A DET soft ADJ , PUNCT warm ADJ jacket NOUN or CCONJ jumper NOUN made VERB of ADP fluffy ADJ man NOUN - PUNCT made VERB fabric NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 jacket det 2 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 5 jacket amod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 soft punct 4 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 5 jacket amod 5 jacket jacket NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 jumper cc 7 jumper jumper NOUN Number=Sing 5 jacket conj 8 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 jumper acl 9 of of ADP _ 14 fabric case 10 fluffy fluffy ADJ Degree=Pos 14 fabric amod 11 man man NOUN Number=Sing 13 made compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 man punct 13 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 14 fabric amod 14 fabric fabric NOUN Number=Sing 8 made obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 jacket punct
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1 make participle jumper not said here of fluffy made fabric vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 2 make participle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
Meaning 3 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
To fleece someone is to cheat them out of money, often by charging far too much.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj case case obl punct advmod mark advcl advmod advmod obj punct root To PART fleece VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART cheat VERB them PRON out ADP of ADP money NOUN , PUNCT often ADV by SCONJ charging VERB far ADV too ADV much ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 fleece mark 2 fleece fleece VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 cheat advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 fleece obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 cheat cop 5 to to PART _ 6 cheat mark 6 cheat cheat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 cheat obj 8 out out ADP _ 10 money case 9 of of ADP _ 10 money case 10 money money NOUN Number=Sing 6 cheat obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 charging punct 12 often often ADV _ 14 charging advmod 13 by by SCONJ _ 14 charging mark 14 charging charge VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 cheat advcl 15 far far ADV Degree=Pos 17 much advmod 16 too too ADV _ 17 much advmod 17 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 14 charging obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 cheat punct
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1 fleece to-infinitive someone vn cheat-10.6.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Source 2 is present money cheat property tree rules 3 charge gerund much often property vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location much=Theme
Example 1 The farmer clipped the sheep's fleece in one big piece.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case obj case nummod amod obl punct root The DET farmer NOUN clipped VERB the DET sheep NOUN 's PART fleece NOUN in ADP one NUM big ADJ piece NOUN . PUNCT 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 clipped nsubj 3 clipped clip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sheep det 5 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Sing 7 fleece nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 sheep case 7 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 3 clipped obj 8 in in ADP _ 11 piece case 9 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 piece nummod 10 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 11 piece amod 11 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing 3 clipped obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 clipped punct
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1 clip past the farmer the sheep's fleece one big piece vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Patient
Example 2 Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
nsubj det amod obj punct nmod:poss nsubj cop conj case obl punct root Mary PROPN had VERB a DET little ADJ lamb NOUN , PUNCT its PRON fleece NOUN was AUX white ADJ as ADP snow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mary Mary PROPN Number=Sing 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lamb det 4 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 5 lamb amod 5 lamb lamb NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 white punct 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 fleece nmod:poss 8 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 10 white nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 white cop 10 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 2 had conj 11 as as ADP _ 12 snow case 12 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 10 white obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past Mary a little lamb vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient 2 is past lamb's fleece as snow; white property tree rules
Example 3 Bring a warm fleece on the school camping trip.
det amod obj case det compound compound obl punct root Bring VERB a DET warm ADJ fleece NOUN on ADP the DET school NOUN camping NOUN trip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bring bring VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 fleece det 3 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 4 fleece amod 4 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 1 Bring obj 5 on on ADP _ 9 trip case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 trip det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 camping compound 8 camping camping NOUN Number=Sing 9 trip compound 9 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 1 Bring obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Bring punct
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1 bring imperative you not said here a warm fleece the camping trip vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fleece=Theme on trip=Destination
Example 4 My fleece got covered in dog hair.
nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound obl punct root My PRON fleece NOUN got AUX covered VERB in ADP dog NOUN hair NOUN . PUNCT 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 fleece nmod:poss 2 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 4 covered nsubj:pass 3 got get AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 covered aux:pass 4 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 hair case 6 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 7 hair compound 7 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 4 covered obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 covered punct
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1 cover past · passive My fleece in dog hair vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in hair=Theme
Example 5 The tourists were fleeced by a taxi driver who charged them triple.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det compound obl nsubj acl:relcl obj xcomp punct root The DET tourists NOUN were AUX fleeced VERB by ADP a DET taxi NOUN driver NOUN who PRON charged VERB them PRON triple ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tourists det 2 tourists tourist NOUN Number=Plur 4 fleeced nsubj:pass 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 fleeced aux:pass 4 fleeced fleece VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 8 driver case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 driver det 7 taxi taxi NOUN Number=Sing 8 driver compound 8 driver driver NOUN Number=Sing 4 fleeced obl 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 charged nsubj 10 charged charge VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 driver acl:relcl 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 charged obj 12 triple triple ADJ Degree=Pos 10 charged xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 fleeced punct
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1 fleece past · passive a taxi driver the tourists vn cheat-10.6.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Source 2 charge past a taxi driver tourists = tourist triple property vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location they=Theme
Example 6 In the Greek myth, Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece.
case det amod obl punct nsubj mark xcomp det amod obj punct root In ADP the DET Greek ADJ myth NOUN , PUNCT Jason PROPN sailed VERB to PART find VERB the DET Golden ADJ Fleece PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 myth case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 myth det 3 Greek Greek ADJ Degree=Pos 4 myth amod 4 myth myth NOUN Number=Sing 7 sailed obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 myth punct 6 Jason Jason PROPN Number=Sing 7 sailed nsubj 7 sailed sail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 to to PART _ 9 find mark 9 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 sailed xcomp 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 Fleece det 11 Golden golden ADJ Degree=Pos 12 Fleece amod 12 Fleece Fleece PROPN Number=Sing 9 find obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 sailed punct
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1 sail past Jason the Greek myth tree rules 2 find to-infinitive Jason not said here the Golden Fleece vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Topic
Example 7 One fleece can give enough wool to knit a jumper.
nummod nsubj aux amod obj mark advcl det obj punct root One NUM fleece NOUN can AUX give VERB enough ADJ wool NOUN to PART knit VERB a DET jumper NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 fleece nummod 2 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 4 give nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 give aux 4 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 6 wool amod 6 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 4 give obj 7 to to PART _ 8 knit mark 8 knit knit VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 give advcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 jumper det 10 jumper jumper NOUN Number=Sing 8 knit obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 give punct
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1 give can One fleece enough wool vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme 2 knit to-infinitive One fleece not said here a jumper vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Product
Example 8 It was a good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on its back.
The tree, 13 words nsubj cop det amod compound punct case det amod conj case nmod:poss nmod punct root It PRON was AUX a DET good ADJ fat NOUN sheep NOUN , PUNCT with ADP a DET fine ADJ fleece NOUN on ADP its PRON back NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 sheep nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 sheep cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sheep det 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sheep amod 5 fat fat NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheep compound 6 sheep sheep NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 fleece punct 8 with with ADP _ 11 fleece case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 fleece det 10 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 11 fleece amod 11 fleece fleece NOUN Number=Sing 6 sheep conj 12 on on ADP _ 14 back case 13 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 back nmod:poss 14 back back NOUN Number=Sing 11 fleece nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 sheep punct
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1 is a past It a good fat sheep and a fine fleece on fleece's back tree rules
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