moccasin
Who acts: moccasin, He, boy, pair · What happens: be, wear, pull, walk, make, have · To what, where: soft leather shoe, moccasins, deerskin, two shoes
«moccasin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: moccasin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples.
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 moccasin | det |
| 2 | moccasin | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shoe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 shoe | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shoe | det |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoe | amod |
| 6 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shoe | compound |
| 7 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 heel | case |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 heel | det |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 heel | amod |
| 11 | heel | heel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shoe | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 worn | punct |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 worn | advmod |
| 14 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 shoe | acl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 peoples | case |
| 16 | Native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 peoples | amod |
| 17 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 peoples | amod |
| 18 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 worn | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 shoe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a moccasin | a soft leather shoe | with no hard heel | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wear | participle | a soft leather shoe not said here | by Native American peoples; first property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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
He pulled on his soft moccasins.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pulled | nsubj |
| 2 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 moccasins | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 moccasins | nmod:poss |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 moccasins | amod |
| 6 | moccasins | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pulled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | He | on his soft moccasins | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on moccasin=Theme |
Example 2
The boy walked quietly in his moccasins.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walked | nsubj |
| 3 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 3 walked | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 moccasins | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 moccasins | nmod:poss |
| 7 | moccasins | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 walked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the boy | boy's moccasins | quietly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moccasin=Trajectory |
Example 3
Moccasins are made from deerskin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moccasins | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 deerskin | case |
| 5 | deerskin | deerskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Moccasins | deerskin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from deerskin=Material |
Example 4
A pair of moccasins has two shoes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pair | det |
| 2 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 moccasins | case |
| 4 | moccasins | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pair | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 shoes | nummod |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a pair of moccasins | two shoes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=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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