garb

Who acts: Garb, She, trees · What happens: clothe, mean, wear, dress, put · To what, where: outward look, red garb, soldiers, dark garb, spring garb

«garb» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: garb in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Garb is clothing, especially a particular kind or style of dress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clothing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 clothing	aux
3	clothing	clothe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct
5	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 kind	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kind	det
7	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kind	amod
8	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clothing	parataxis
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 style	cc
10	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kind	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 dress	case
12	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 style	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clothing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clothe	present · progressive	Garb						vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Garb can mean the outward look of something, as in «spring garb».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 look	det
5	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	amod
6	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 look	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 garb	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	14 garb	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 garb	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 garb	punct
13	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 garb	compound
14	garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 garb	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Garb	the outward look of something and spring garb					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Topic

Example 1

She wore her red garb for the festival.

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	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	5 garb	nmod:poss
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 garb	amod
5	garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 festival	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 festival	det
8	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	her red garb				for the festival	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent garb=Source

Example 2

The soldiers were dressed in dark garb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dressed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dressed	aux:pass
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garb	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 garb	amod
7	garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		the soldiers		dark garb			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

The trees put on their spring garb.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trees	det
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 garb	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 garb	nmod:poss
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 garb	compound
7	garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	the trees			trees's spring garb			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on garb=Destination

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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