mendicant

Who acts: old mendicant, prince, mendicant · What happens: live, ask, knock, dress, wear · To what, where: others, old mendicant, torn rags

«mendicant» 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: mendicant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A beggar, someone who lives by asking others for food or money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 beggar	det
2	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 someone	punct
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 beggar	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lives	nsubj
6	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 asking	mark
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lives	advcl
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asking	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asking	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 money	cc
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 beggar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present							vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund		others				for food or money	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient

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

An old mendicant knocked at the door and asked for bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mendicant	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mendicant	amod
3	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	nsubj
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mendicant	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 knocked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 bread	case
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	participle		a old mendicant not said here				at the door	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	past	a old mendicant					for bread	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The prince dressed as a mendicant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	nsubj
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 mendicant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mendicant	det
6	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle	the prince					as a mendicant	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The mendicant wore torn rags.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mendicant	det
2	mendicant	mendicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	torn	torn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rags	amod
5	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the mendicant	torn rags					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source

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