harlequin

Who acts: harlequin, everyone, She · What happens: be, mean, pattern, dance, make, laugh · To what, where: clown character, old plays, bright diamond shapes, patchwork suit, everyone, harlequin hat · Speech: someone speaks here

«harlequin» 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: harlequin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 harlequin	det
2	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 character	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 character	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 character	det
5	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 character	compound
6	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 plays	case
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plays	amod
9	plays	play	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 character	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pantomime	cc
11	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plays	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 suit	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 suit	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 suit	det
15	patchwork	patchwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 suit	compound
16	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 character	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 diamonds	case
18	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 diamonds	amod
19	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 suit	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 mask	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 mask	det
22	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 diamonds	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 character	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a harlequin	a clown character and a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask		old plays and pantomime			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.

Meaning 2

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Harlequin means patterned in bright diamond shapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	patterned	pattern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 shapes	case
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shapes	amod
6	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shapes	compound
7	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 patterned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Harlequin						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pattern	participle				bright diamond shapes			tree rules

Example 1

Harlequin danced in his patchwork suit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 suit	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 suit	nmod:poss
5	patchwork	patchwork	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 suit	amod
6	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 danced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	Harlequin			Harlequin's patchwork suit			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in suit=Location

Example 2

The harlequin made everyone laugh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 harlequin	det
2	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 made	obj
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the harlequin	everyone					tree rules
2	laugh	infinitive	everyone not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She wore a harlequin hat.

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hat	det
4	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	compound
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	a harlequin hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

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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