milkman

Who acts: milkman, man, our · What happens: be, bring, sell, leave, step, milk · To what, where: man, milk, three bottles, cow, pail, breakfast

«milkman» 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: milkman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 milkman	det
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 brings	nsubj
7	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 sells	cc
9	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 brings	conj
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sells	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 houses	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 houses	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 houses	case
14	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 brings	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 morning	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 morning	det
17	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brings	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	a milkman	a man		tree rules
2	bring	present	a man		morning	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	sell	present	a man not said here	milk		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme

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 milkman leaves three bottles on our step.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 milkman	det
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 bottles	nummod
5	bottles	bottle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leaves	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 step	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 step	nmod:poss
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the milkman	three bottles				on our step	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme on step=Location
2	step		our						nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The milkman milked the cow into a pail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 milkman	det
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milked	nsubj
3	milked	milk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milked	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 pail	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pail	det
8	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 milked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	milk	past	the milkman	the cow		a pail			vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source

Example 3

Our milkman comes before breakfast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 milkman	nmod:poss
2	milkman	milkman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 breakfast	case
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Our milkman			breakfast			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before breakfast=Location

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