lath
Who acts: lath, She · What happens: be, use, make, nail, fix · To what, where: thin narrow strip, fences, wall, laths, bird cage
«lath» 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: lath in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A lath is a thin, narrow strip of wood, used to make fences, walls, cages and roofs.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lath | det |
| 2 | lath | lath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 strip | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 strip | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 strip | det |
| 5 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 strip | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 thin | punct |
| 7 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 strip | amod |
| 8 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wood | case |
| 10 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 strip | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 strip | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 make | mark |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 used | advcl |
| 15 | fences | fence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 make | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 walls | punct |
| 17 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fences | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 cages | punct |
| 19 | cages | cage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fences | conj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 roofs | cc |
| 21 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fences | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 strip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lath | a thin narrow strip | of wood | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use | participle | a thin narrow strip not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | fences and walls and cages and roofs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fence=Product |
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 wall was made of laths and plaster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wall | det |
| 2 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 laths | case |
| 6 | laths | lath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 plaster | cc |
| 8 | plaster | plaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laths | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the wall | of laths and plaster | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Example 2
She nailed the laths to the roof.
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 nailed | nsubj |
| 2 | nailed | nail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 laths | det |
| 4 | laths | lath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 nailed | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 nailed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 nailed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nail | past | She | the laths | to the roof | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent lath=Patient to roof=Co-Patient |
Example 3
The bird cage was fixed with wooden laths.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cage | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cage | compound |
| 3 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fixed | aux:pass |
| 5 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 laths | case |
| 7 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 laths | amod |
| 8 | laths | lath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fixed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fixed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | past · passive | the bird cage | with wooden laths | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with lath=Co-Patient |
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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