lassie

Who acts: lassie, wee lassie, granny, laddies, She · What happens: be, play, come, call, save, dance · To what, where: girl, famous brave collie dog, books, beach, ceilidh, fine lassie · Speech: someone speaks here

«lassie» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: lassie in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Scotland, Northern England, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A lassie is a girl or young woman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lassie	det
2	lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 woman	cc
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a lassie	a girl or young woman					tree rules

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Lassie is a famous brave collie dog in books, films and TV.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
6	collie	collie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	compound
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 books	case
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dog	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 films	punct
11	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 books	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 TV	cc
13	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 books	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Lassie	a famous brave collie dog		books and films and TV			tree rules

Example 1

The wee lassie was playing on the beach (Scotland).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lassie	det
2	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lassie	amod
3	lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 playing	aux
5	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 beach	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beach	det
8	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	obl
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 Scotland	punct
10	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 beach	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 Scotland	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	the wee lassie			the beach			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

«Come here, lassie!» called her granny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
2	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 called	parataxis
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Come	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lassie	punct
5	lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Come	vocative
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Come	punct
8	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 granny	nmod:poss
10	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	infinitive				here		lassie vocative	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call speech: express	past	her granny						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 3

Lassie the collie always saves the day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lassie	Lassie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 saves	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 collie	det
3	collie	collie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saves	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 saves	advmod
5	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saves	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 saves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	Lassie				day	always property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The laddies and lassies danced at the ceilidh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laddies	det
2	laddies	laddie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 danced	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lassies	cc
4	lassies	lassie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 laddies	conj
5	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 ceilidh	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ceilidh	det
8	ceilidh	ceilidh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 danced	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 danced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	the laddies and lassies			the ceilidh			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ceilidh=Location

Example 5

She's a fine lassie, that one.

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	5 lassie	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lassie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lassie	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lassie	amod
5	lassie	lassie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lassie	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lassie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a fine lassie					tree rules

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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