moil
Who acts: moil, He, you, she · What happens: be, toil, moil, not moil, rest · To what, where: life, farmer, fields
«moil» 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: moil in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To moil is to work very hard, often in dirt or with tiring tasks.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 moil | mark |
| 2 | moil | moil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 work | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 work | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 hard | advmod |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 work | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dirt | punct |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 dirt | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 dirt | case |
| 11 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 work | parataxis |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 tasks | cc |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 tasks | case |
| 14 | tiring | tiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 tasks | amod |
| 15 | tasks | task | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 dirt | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | moil | hard, work property | tree rules |
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 had toiled and moiled all his life.
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 | 3 toiled | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 toiled | aux |
| 3 | toiled | toil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 moiled | cc |
| 5 | moiled | moil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 toiled | conj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 life | det:predet |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moiled | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 toiled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toil | past · perfect | He | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | moil | participle | He not said here | his life | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=Theme |
Example 2
The farmer moiled in the fields from dawn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farmer | det |
| 2 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | moiled | moil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 farmer | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 fields | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fields | det |
| 6 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moiled | obl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dawn | case |
| 8 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moiled | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 farmer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moil | participle | the farmer not said here | the fields | dawn | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location |
Example 3
Do not moil so hard; rest a while.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 moil | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 moil | advmod |
| 3 | moil | moil | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 moil | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 rest | punct |
| 7 | rest | rest | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 moil | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rest | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not moil | imperative · do-support | you not said here | hard property | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rest | infinitive | you not said here | while | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
After a day of moil, she was tired.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 day | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tired | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 moil | case |
| 5 | moil | moil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 day | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tired | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tired | cop |
| 9 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 tired | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | day | tired 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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