hoary

Who acts: old person, hoary old man, hoary legend, Hoary old jokes, class · What happens: be, know, smile, tell, make, groan · To what, where: class · Speech: someone speaks here

«hoary» 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: hoary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Grey or white-haired, as an old person is.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 haired	cc
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 haired	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 white	punct
5	haired	haired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Grey	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 is	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 is	mark
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 is	nsubj
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grey	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Grey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a old person						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Old and well known, from long ago, as in «a hoary legend».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 known	cc
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 known	advmod
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Old	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ago	punct
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 long	case
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 known	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 legend	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 legend	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 legend	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 legend	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 legend	det
14	hoary	hoary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 legend	amod
15	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 known	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 legend	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle						ago, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus

Example 1

The hoary old man smiled at us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	hoary	hoary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smiled	nsubj
5	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 smiled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 smiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	past	the hoary old man					at us	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The hoary legend tells of a piper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 legend	det
2	hoary	hoary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 legend	amod
3	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 piper	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 piper	det
7	piper	piper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the hoary legend					of a piper	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Hoary old jokes make the class groan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hoary	hoary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jokes	amod
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jokes	amod
3	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	groan	groan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Hoary old jokes	the class					tree rules
2	groan	infinitive	the class not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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