mustache
Who acts: mustache, hair, British English, He, Someone, She · What happens: be, grow, say, smile, try, paint · To what, where: hair, upper lip, moustache, mustache, nose, long mustache · Speech: someone speaks here
«mustache» 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: mustache in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A mustache is the hair that grows on a man's upper lip. (American spelling; British English says moustache.).
Sentence 1: A mustache is the hair that grows on a man's upper lip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mustache | det |
| 2 | mustache | mustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hair | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hair | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hair | det |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 grows | nsubj |
| 7 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hair | acl:relcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 lip | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lip | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 man | case |
| 12 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lip | amod |
| 13 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grows | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a mustache | the hair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | the hair | a man's upper lip | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lip=Location |
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.
Sentence 2: (American spelling; British English says moustache.).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 spelling | punct |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spelling | amod |
| 3 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 5 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 English | amod |
| 6 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | moustache | moustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | British English | moustache | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent moustache=Topic |
Example 1
He smiled under his mustache.
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 | 2 smiled | nsubj |
| 2 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 mustache | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mustache | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mustache | mustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 smiled | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 smiled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | past | He | his mustache | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Someone tried to paint a mustache under his nose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 paint | mark |
| 4 | paint | paint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mustache | det |
| 6 | mustache | mustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paint | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 nose | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 nose | nmod:poss |
| 9 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paint | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | Someone | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | paint not said to happen | to-infinitive | Someone not said here | a mustache | his nose | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent mustache=Theme under nose=Destination |
Example 3
She laughed at his long mustache.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 laughed | nsubj |
| 2 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 mustache | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mustache | nmod:poss |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mustache | amod |
| 6 | mustache | mustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 laughed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | She | his long mustache | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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