moorish

Who acts: Muslim people, you, Alhambra, Moorish buildings, Moorish scholars, We · What happens: do, rule, want, be, have, shape · To what, where: much, Middle Ages, more, beautiful Moorish palace, shaped arches, walls

«moorish» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: moorish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To do with the Moors, the Muslim people from North Africa who ruled much of Spain and Portugal for hundreds of years in the Middle Ages.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 Moors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moors	det
5	Moors	Moor	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 do	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
8	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Moors	appos
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 Africa	case
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Africa	compound
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 people	nmod
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 ruled	nsubj
14	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 people	acl:relcl
15	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ruled	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Spain	case
17	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 much	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Portugal	cc
19	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Spain	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 hundreds	case
21	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ruled	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 years	case
23	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 hundreds	nmod
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 Ages	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Ages	det
26	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Ages	flat
27	Ages	Age	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 ruled	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with the Moors	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rule	past	the Muslim people from North Africa	much of Spain and Portugal			in the Middle Ages	for hundreds of years	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=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.

Meaning 2

In the style of Moorish art and buildings, with arches, tiles, patterns and courtyards.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 style	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 style	det
3	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 art	case
5	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 art	amod
6	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 style	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 buildings	cc
8	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 art	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 arches	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 arches	case
11	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 buildings	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tiles	punct
13	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 buildings	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 patterns	punct
15	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 buildings	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 courtyards	cc
17	courtyards	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 buildings	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 style	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: UK, informal, usually spelled "moreish" — kept apart, not parsed.

So tasty that you want more.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 tasty	advmod
2	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 want	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tasty	advcl
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 want	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tasty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	you	more					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

Example 1

The Alhambra in Granada is a beautiful Moorish palace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Alhambra	det
2	Alhambra	Alhambra	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 palace	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Granada	case
4	Granada	Granada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Alhambra	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 palace	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 palace	det
7	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 palace	amod
8	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 palace	amod
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 palace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Alhambra in Granada	a beautiful Moorish palace					tree rules

Example 2

Moorish buildings often have horseshoe-shaped arches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 buildings	amod
2	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	horseshoe	horseshoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shaped	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 horseshoe	punct
7	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 arches	amod
8	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Moorish buildings	shaped arches				often property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arch=Patient
2	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 3

The walls were covered in Moorish tiles with star patterns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 walls	det
2	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 covered	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 tiles	case
6	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tiles	amod
7	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 covered	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 patterns	case
9	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 patterns	compound
10	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tiles	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the walls				in Moorish tiles with star patterns	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in tile=Theme

Example 4

Moorish scholars brought new ideas in maths and science to Europe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 scholars	amod
2	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ideas	amod
5	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 maths	case
7	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 science	cc
9	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maths	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Europe	case
11	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 science	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Moorish scholars	new ideas		maths and science to Europe			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent idea=Theme

Example 5

We learned about Moorish Spain in our history topic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 Spain	case
4	Moorish	Moorish	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Spain	compound
5	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 topic	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 topic	nmod:poss
8	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 topic	compound
9	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We			our history topic		about Moorish Spain	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about spain=Topic

Example 6

These crisps are really moreish, I can't stop eating them! (UK)

Sentence 1: These crisps are really moreish, I can't stop eating them!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 crisps	det
2	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 moreish	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moreish	cop
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 moreish	advmod
5	moreish	moreish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stop	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 stop	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stop	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 stop	advmod
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 moreish	conj
11	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 eating	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 moreish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	this crisps		moreish property	tree rules
2	not stop	can	I			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	eat	gerund	I not said here	crisps = crisp		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Sentence 2: (UK)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 7

The courtyard had a Moorish fountain in the middle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courtyard	det
2	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fountain	det
5	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fountain	amod
6	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fountain	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the courtyard	a Moorish fountain		the middle			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Patient

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