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mastiff

Who acts: mastiff, two mastiffs · What happens: keep, guard, weigh, grow, bark, be · To what, where: farm gate, more, mastiff, deep voice, castle, shoe

«mastiff» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: mastiff in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A very large, strong dog with a short coat, a big head and loose skin round the face, kept as a guard dog.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 large	advmod
3	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 large	punct
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 coat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coat	det
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 coat	amod
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dog	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 head	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 head	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 head	amod
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coat	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 skin	cc
16	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 skin	amod
17	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 head	conj
18	round	round	ADP	_	20 face	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 face	det
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 head	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 kept	punct
22	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dog	parataxis
23	as	as	ADP	_	26 dog	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 dog	det
25	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dog	compound
26	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 kept	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle						as a guard dog	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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

The mastiff guarded the farm gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mastiff	det
2	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guarded	nsubj
3	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gate	compound
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guarded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	the mastiff	the farm gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

Example 2

A mastiff can weigh more than a grown man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mastiff	det
2	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weigh	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 weigh	aux
4	weigh	weigh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 weigh	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 more	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 weigh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	can	a mastiff	more					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The mastiff barked in a deep voice.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mastiff	det
2	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	barked	bark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mastiff	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 voice	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mastiff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	participle		the mastiff not said here		a deep voice			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Despite its size, our neighbour's mastiff is very gentle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Despite	despite	ADP	_	3 size	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 size	nmod:poss
3	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gentle	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 size	punct
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 neighbour	nmod:poss
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mastiff	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 neighbour	case
8	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gentle	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 gentle	cop
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 gentle	advmod
11	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 gentle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	our neighbour's mastiff					despite its size; gentle property	tree rules

Example 5

The castle was guarded by two mastiffs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 castle	det
2	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guarded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guarded	aux:pass
4	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mastiffs	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 mastiffs	nummod
7	mastiffs	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guarded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 guarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past · passive	two mastiffs	the castle					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Example 6

The mastiff drooled on my shoe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mastiff	det
2	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drooled	drool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mastiff	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 shoe	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoe	nmod:poss
6	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drooled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mastiff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drool	participle		the mastiff not said here		my shoe			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on shoe=Destination

Example 7

And there lies my faithful mastiff at the threshold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 lies	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 lies	expl
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mastiff	nmod:poss
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mastiff	amod
6	mastiff	mastiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 threshold	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 threshold	det
9	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present		my faithful mastiff		the threshold; there			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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