muleteer
Who acts: muleteer, man, muleteers, I, he · What happens: be, drive, lead, carry, set off, stop · To what, where: man, mules, goods, journey, muleteer, inn · Speech: someone speaks here
«muleteer» 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: muleteer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A muleteer is a man who drives or leads mules, often carrying goods on a journey.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 muleteer | det |
| 2 | muleteer | muleteer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 drives | nsubj |
| 7 | drives | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 leads | cc |
| 9 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 drives | conj |
| 10 | mules | mule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 leads | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 carrying | punct |
| 12 | often | often | ADV | _ | 13 carrying | advmod |
| 13 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 leads | advcl |
| 14 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 13 carrying | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 journey | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 journey | det |
| 17 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carrying | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a muleteer | a man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drive | present | a man | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | lead | present | a man not said here | mules | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Theme | ||||
| 4 | carry | gerund | a man not said here | goods | a journey | often property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=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
A muleteer set off on a journey with an ass and a mule.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 muleteer | det |
| 2 | muleteer | muleteer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 muleteer | acl |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 set | compound:prt |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 journey | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 journey | det |
| 7 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 ass | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ass | det |
| 10 | ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 journey | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 mule | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mule | det |
| 13 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ass | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 muleteer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | participle | a muleteer not said here | a journey with a ass and a mule | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
The muleteers stopped at the inn for the night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 muleteers | det |
| 2 | muleteers | muleteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 inn | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 inn | det |
| 6 | inn | inn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the muleteers | the inn | night | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location |
Example 3
"I will go and return too," he said to the muleteers.
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 return | cc |
| 6 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 return | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 muleteers | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 muleteers | det |
| 14 | muleteers | muleteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 said | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | future | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | return in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | he | the muleteers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to muleteer=Recipient clause=Topic |
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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