kerchief

Who acts: kerchief, He, She, embroidered kerchief · What happens: be, wear, use, wipe, wave, tie · To what, where: square, head, face, kerchief, tower, red kerchief

«kerchief» 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: kerchief in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A kerchief is a square of cloth worn on the head or neck, or used to wipe the face or to wave.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kerchief	det
2	kerchief	kerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 square	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 square	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 square	nmod
8	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 square	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worn	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 neck	cc
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 head	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 used	punct
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 used	cc
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 square	parataxis
17	to	to	PART	_	18 wipe	mark
18	wipe	wipe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 used	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 face	det
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wipe	obj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 wave	cc
22	to	to	PART	_	23 wave	mark
23	wave	wave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 wipe	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 square	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a kerchief	a square		of cloth	tree rules
2	wear	participle		a square not said here	the head or neck		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	use	participle					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	wipe	to-infinitive		the face			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent face=Source
5	wave	to-infinitive					vn wink-40.3.1 «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

He waved his kerchief from the tower.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 kerchief	nmod:poss
4	kerchief	kerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tower	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	He	his kerchief		the tower			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kerchief=Patient

Example 2

She tied a red kerchief around her hair.

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kerchief	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kerchief	amod
5	kerchief	kerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 hair	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hair	nmod:poss
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	a red kerchief		her hair			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kerchief=Patient

Example 3

The embroidered kerchief lay on the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kerchief	det
2	embroidered	embroider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 kerchief	amod
3	kerchief	kerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embroider	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lay	present	the embroidered kerchief			the ground			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination

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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