mire

Who acts: Mire, wet mud, cart, boots, horse · What happens: be, suck, mire, hold back, sink · To what, where: feet, trouble, mire

«mire» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: mire in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deep	cop
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mud	punct
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mud	amod
6	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deep	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 ground	cc
8	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ground	amod
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mud	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sucks	nsubj
11	sucks	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mud	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 feet	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 feet	nmod:poss
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sucks	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 deep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mire					deep property	tree rules
2	suck	present	wet mud or soft ground			your feet			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at foot=Source

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

To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mire	mark
2	mire	mire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 mud	case
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 held	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 held	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	13 held	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 held	aux:pass
13	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 held	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 trouble	case
16	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 held	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	mire	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	is	present		get, stuck property	tree rules
3	hold back	to-infinitive · passive	trouble		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: in trouble=Location

Example 1

The cart sank deep in the mire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cart	det
2	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	deep	deep	ADV	_	3 sank	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mire	det
7	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the cart			the mire		deep property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

Our boots were thick with mire after the rain.

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 boots	nmod:poss
2	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thick	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	cop
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 mire	case
6	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thick	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mire	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Our boots					with mire after the rain; thick property	tree rules

Example 3

The horse was stuck fast in the mire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stuck	cop
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 stuck	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mire	det
8	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the horse			the mire		fast, stuck property	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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