lameness
Who acts: Lameness, wolf, vet · What happens: be, walk, hurt, ask, cause, make · To what, where: state, leg, cause, lameness, him
«lameness» 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: lameness in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lameness | lameness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 unable | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 unable | cop |
| 7 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 state | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 walk | mark |
| 9 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 unable | xcomp |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 walk | advmod |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 hurt | mark |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 leg | det |
| 13 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 foot | cc |
| 15 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 leg | conj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 hurt | aux:pass |
| 17 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 walk | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Lameness | the state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | unable property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | walk | to-infinitive | well property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hurt | present · passive | a leg or foot | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 wolf asked the cause of his lameness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cause | det |
| 5 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lameness | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lameness | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lameness | lameness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the wolf | the cause of wolf's lameness | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cause=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | cause | wolf's lameness | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
Example 2
His lameness made him slow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lameness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lameness | lameness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His lameness | him = he | slow property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
Example 3
The vet treated the horse's lameness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vet | det |
| 2 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treated | nsubj |
| 3 | treated | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lameness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 horse | case |
| 7 | lameness | lameness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treated | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 treated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | past | the vet | the horse's lameness | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lameness=Recipient |
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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