herdsman

Who acts: herdsman, person · What happens: be, look, lead, search, lose, drive · To what, where: person, cows, hills, sheep, hill

«herdsman» 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: herdsman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herdsman	det
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 herd	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 herd	det
10	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 cattle	case
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 herd	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sheep	punct
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cattle	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 goats	cc
16	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cattle	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a herdsman	a person					tree rules
2	look	present	a person				after a herd of cattle and sheep or goats		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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.

Example 1

The herdsman led the cows home at dusk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herdsman	det
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cows	det
5	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	3 led	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dusk	case
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	the herdsman	the cows			dusk	home property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme

Example 2

The herdsman searched the hills for his lost bull.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herdsman	det
2	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 searched	nsubj
3	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hills	det
5	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 searched	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 bull	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bull	nmod:poss
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 bull	amod
9	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 searched	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 searched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	past	the herdsman	the hills				for herdsman's lost bull	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hill=Location for bull=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Every morning the herdsman drove the sheep to the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 morning	det
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drove	obl:unmarked
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 herdsman	det
4	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drove	nsubj
5	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheep	det
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drove	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drove	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	the herdsman	the sheep		the hill	morning		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme to hill=Trajectory

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