greensward
Who acts: lovely patches, Deer · What happens: be, rest, graze · To what, where: children, greensward
«greensward» 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: greensward in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
a stretch of smooth green grass, like a lawn or meadow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stretch | det |
| 2 | stretch | stretch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 grass | case |
| 4 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grass | amod |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grass | amod |
| 6 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stretch | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lawn | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 lawn | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lawn | det |
| 10 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stretch | parataxis |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 meadow | cc |
| 12 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lawn | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stretch | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
There were lovely patches of greensward all about.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 were | expl |
| 2 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 patches | amod |
| 4 | patches | patch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 were | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 greensward | case |
| 6 | greensward | greensward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 patches | nmod |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 about | advmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADV | _ | 2 were | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 were | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | lovely patches of greensward | there | about property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The children rested on the greensward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rested | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | rested | rest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 greensward | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 greensward | det |
| 6 | greensward | greensward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rested | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rested | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | participle · passive | the children | the greensward | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on greensward=Location |
Example 3
Deer grazed on the greensward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grazed | nsubj |
| 2 | grazed | graze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 greensward | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 greensward | det |
| 5 | greensward | greensward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grazed | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grazed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | graze | past | Deer | on the greensward | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on greensward=Patient |
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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