nosegay
Who acts: She, bride, He · What happens: hold, wear, carry, pick · To what, where: small bunch, hand, nosegay
«nosegay» 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: nosegay in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A small bunch of flowers, held or worn in the hand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bunch | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bunch | amod |
| 3 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 flowers | case |
| 5 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bunch | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 held | punct |
| 7 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 worn | cc |
| 9 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 held | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hand | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hand | det |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worn | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle · passive | a small bunch of flowers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wear | participle | the hand | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
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 carried a nosegay of violets.
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 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 nosegay | det |
| 4 | nosegay | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 violets | case |
| 6 | violets | violet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nosegay | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | She | a nosegay of violets | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nosegay=Theme |
Example 2
The bride held a nosegay.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bride | det |
| 2 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 nosegay | det |
| 5 | nosegay | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the bride | a nosegay | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nosegay=Theme |
Example 3
He picked a nosegay for his mother.
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 picked | nsubj |
| 2 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 nosegay | det |
| 4 | nosegay | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 picked | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mother | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 picked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 picked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | past | He | a nosegay | for his mother | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent nosegay=Theme for mother=Beneficiary |
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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