neckerchief

Who acts: neckerchief, She, Ib · What happens: be, knot, tie, ask · To what, where: square, neckerchief, double bow

«neckerchief» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: neckerchief in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.

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 neckerchief	det
2	neckerchief	neckerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 square	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 square	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 square	det
5	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knotted	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 square	nmod
8	worn	worn	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 knotted	aux:pass
9	knotted	knot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	round	round	ADP	_	12 neck	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 neck	det
12	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knotted	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 scarf	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 scarf	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 scarf	det
16	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 scarf	amod
17	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knotted	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 knotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a neckerchief	a square				of cloth	tree rules
2	knot	present · passive		a square				round the neck	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

She tied the neckerchief in a double bow.

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neckerchief	det
4	neckerchief	neckerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 bow	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bow	det
7	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bow	amod
8	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	the neckerchief		a double bow			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neckerchief=Patient

Example 2

Ib asked about the pretty neckerchief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ib	Ib	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 neckerchief	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 neckerchief	det
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 neckerchief	amod
6	neckerchief	neckerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Ib					about the pretty neckerchief	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about neckerchief=Topic

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