mottled

Who acts: frog, toad · What happens: mottle, mean, mark, speckle, have, shine · To what, where: bright green mottled coat, mottled brown jacket, sun., leaf · Speech: someone speaks here

«mottled» 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: mottled in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mottled	mottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 patches	case
5	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marked	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 blotches	cc
7	blotches	blotch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 patches	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 colours	case
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colours	amod
10	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 blotches	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 coat	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 coat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 coat	det
14	speckled	speckle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 coat	amod
15	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 colours	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	mottle	participle		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mark	participle	with patches or blotches of different colours like a speckled coat	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with patch=Theme
4	speckle	participle		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 frog had a bright green, mottled coat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frog	det
2	frog	frog	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	9 coat	det
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coat	amod
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coat	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 green	punct
8	mottled	mottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 coat	amod
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the frog	a bright green mottled coat					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient
2	mottle	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The mottled brown and yellow jacket shone in the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jacket	det
2	mottled	mottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 jacket	amod
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 jacket	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 yellow	cc
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brown	conj
6	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 jacket	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sun.	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun.	det
10	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mottle	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	shine	participle		the mottled brown jacket not said here		the sun.			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location

Example 3

A toad with mottled skin sat under the leaf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toad	det
2	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	mottled	mottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 skin	amod
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toad	nmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 leaf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leaf	det
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mottle	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	sit	past	a toad with mottled skin			the leaf			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location

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