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moult

Who acts: new ones, moulting, dog, chicken, caterpillar, Crabs · What happens: lose, grow, act, moult, have, make · To what, where: feathers, fewer feathers, chrysalis, shells, sofa, whole skin

«moult» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: moult in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: of a bird, animal or insect — kept apart, not parsed.

To lose feathers, fur, hair or skin so that new ones can grow.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lose	mark
2	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lose	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fur	punct
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feathers	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hair	punct
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fur	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 skin	cc
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fur	conj
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 grow	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 grow	mark
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 grow	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 grow	aux
15	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lose	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	to-infinitive		feathers					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality
2	grow	can	new ones						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

Noun: the time or act of moulting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 time	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Noun	appos
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 act	cc
6	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 time	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 moulting	case
8	moulting	moulting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 act	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Noun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act		moulting						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 1

Our dog moults every spring.

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 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moults	nsubj
3	moults	moult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 spring	det
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moults	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moults	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moult	present	Our dog				spring		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

The chicken is moulting, so she has fewer feathers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chicken	det
2	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moulting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moulting	aux
4	moulting	moult	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 has	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moulting	conj
9	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 feathers	amod
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 has	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moulting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moult	present · progressive	the chicken						vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	have	present	chicken	fewer feathers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient

Example 3

A caterpillar moults several times before it makes a chrysalis.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 caterpillar	det
2	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moults	nsubj
3	moults	moult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 times	amod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moults	obl:unmarked
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 makes	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moults	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 chrysalis	det
10	chrysalis	chrysalis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moults	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moult	present	a caterpillar				time		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	caterpillar	a chrysalis					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material chrysalis=Product

Example 4

Crabs moult their shells to grow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moult	nsubj
2	moult	moult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shells	nmod:poss
4	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moult	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 grow	mark
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 moult	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moult	present	Crabs	Crabs's shells					tree rules
2	grow	to-infinitive	Crabs not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

There was cat hair all over the sofa during the moult.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hair	compound
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	all	all	ADV	_	8 sofa	advmod
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 sofa	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sofa	det
8	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 moult	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moult	det
11	moult	moult	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	cat hair			the sofa; there	during the moult		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sofa=Location

Example 6

Snakes moult their whole skin at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 moult	nsubj
2	moult	moult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 skin	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skin	amod
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moult	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 moult	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moult	present	Snakes	Snakes's whole skin					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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