howdah

Who acts: howdah, Queen, guards, King · What happens: be, fix, sit in, sit, climb up, see · To what, where: seat, back, golden howdah, howdah, whole crowd

«howdah» 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: howdah in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A howdah is a seat with a roof, fixed on the back of an elephant, for riders to sit in.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 howdah	det
2	howdah	howdah	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seat	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seat	det
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 roof	det
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fixed	punct
10	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 seat	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 back	det
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fixed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 elephant	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 elephant	det
16	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 back	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 riders	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 riders	case
19	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fixed	obl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 sit	mark
21	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 riders	acl
22	in	in	ADP	_	21 sit	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a howdah	a seat		with a roof	tree rules
2	fix	participle		a seat not said here	the back of a elephant	for riders	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for rider=Beneficiary
3	sit in	to-infinitive					vn assuming_position-50 «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.

Example 1

The Queen sat in a golden howdah on the elephant's back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 howdah	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 howdah	det
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 howdah	amod
7	howdah	howdah	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 back	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 elephant	det
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 elephant	case
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the Queen			a golden howdah		on the elephant's back	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in howdah=Location

Example 2

The guards climbed up to the howdah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 climbed	nsubj
3	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 climbed	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 howdah	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 howdah	det
7	howdah	howdah	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 climbed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 climbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	past	the guards			the howdah			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to howdah=Destination

Example 3

From his howdah the King could see the whole crowd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 howdah	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 howdah	nmod:poss
3	howdah	howdah	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 see	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 crowd	amod
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	the King	the whole crowd		his howdah			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crowd=Stimulus

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