kaftan
Who acts: kaftan, merchant, Grandmother · What happens: be, wear, sew, say · To what, where: long loose robe, wide sleeves, parts, silk kaftan, kaftan, fine one · Speech: someone speaks here
«kaftan» 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: kaftan in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A kaftan is a long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and Asia.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kaftan | det |
| 2 | kaftan | kaftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 robe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 robe | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 robe | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 robe | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 long | punct |
| 7 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 robe | amod |
| 8 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 sleeves | case |
| 10 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sleeves | amod |
| 11 | sleeves | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 robe | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worn | punct |
| 13 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 sleeves | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 parts | case |
| 15 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 worn | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 East | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 East | det |
| 18 | Middle | Middle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 East | compound |
| 19 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 parts | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Asia | cc |
| 21 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 East | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 robe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a kaftan | a long loose robe | with wide sleeves | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wear | participle | wide sleeves not said here | parts of the Middle East and Asia | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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 merchant wore a silk kaftan.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 merchant | det |
| 2 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | nsubj |
| 3 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kaftan | det |
| 5 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kaftan | compound |
| 6 | kaftan | kaftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the merchant | a silk kaftan | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kaftan=Theme |
Example 2
Grandmother sewed a kaftan for the feast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandmother | Grandmother | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sewed | nsubj |
| 2 | sewed | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kaftan | det |
| 4 | kaftan | kaftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sewed | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 feast | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 feast | det |
| 7 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sewed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sewed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | past | Grandmother | a kaftan | for the feast | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kaftan=Material for feast=Beneficiary |
Example 3
This kaftan is a very fine one, said the old tailor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 kaftan | det |
| 2 | kaftan | kaftan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kaftan | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 kaftan | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tailor | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tailor | amod |
| 12 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fine one | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | this kaftan | the old tailor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tailor=Topic |
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