laird

Who acts: laird, Scottish man · What happens: be, own, ride out, live, have · To what, where: Scottish man, large estate, hills, castle, many tenants

«laird» 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: laird in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A laird is a Scottish man who owns a large estate of land, like a lord of the land.

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 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 owns	nsubj
8	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 estate	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 estate	amod
11	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owns	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 land	case
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 estate	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lord	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 lord	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lord	det
17	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owns	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 land	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 land	det
20	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lord	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a laird	a Scottish man					tree rules
2	own	present	a Scottish man	a large estate of land				like a lord of the land	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot estate=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.

Example 1

The laird rode out to the hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 rode	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rode	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride out	past	the laird			the hills			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hill=Trajectory

Example 2

The laird lived in a castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the laird			a castle			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location

Example 3

Every laird had many tenants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tenants	amod
5	tenants	tenant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	every laird	many tenants					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tenant=Patient

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