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olden

Who acts: Olden, olden days, people, Grandad, Children, We · What happens: mean, belong, wash, say, walk, dress up · To what, where: clothes, miles, school, house, Gran, times · Speech: someone speaks here

«olden» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: olden in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Olden means belonging to the long-ago past; «in the olden days» means a long time ago.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	9 past	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 past	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 past	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 ago	punct
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	9 past	advmod
9	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonging	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 means	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 days	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 days	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 days	det
14	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 days	amod
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 means	nsubj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 days	punct
17	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 time	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 time	amod
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ago	obl:unmarked
21	ago	ago	ADV	_	17 means	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Olden						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	belong not said to happen	gerund	Olden not said here					to the long past	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present	the olden days					ago property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

In the olden days, people washed clothes by hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 washed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 days	punct
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 washed	nsubj
7	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 washed	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 hand	case
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 washed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 washed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past	people	clothes			day	by hand	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient

Example 2

Grandad says in the olden days there were only three TV channels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 days	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 days	det
5	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obl
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 were	expl
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 days	acl:relcl
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 three	advmod
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 channels	nummod
11	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 channels	compound
12	channels	channel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 were	nsubj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad				day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Children in olden times walked miles to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 times	case
3	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 times	amod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Children	nmod
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	Children in olden times	miles		school			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mile=Theme to school=Trajectory

Example 4

We dressed up as children from the olden days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dressed	nsubj
2	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dressed	compound:prt
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dressed	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 days	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 days	det
8	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dressed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress up	past	We				day	as children	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

In olden days candles lit every house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 days	case
2	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 days	amod
3	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lit	obl
4	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lit	nsubj
5	lit	lit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lit	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	present	candles	every house			day		tree rules

Example 6

«Was that in the olden days, Gran?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Gran	punct
2	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Gran	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 Gran	mark
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 days	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 days	det
6	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Gran	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 days	punct
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 Gran	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Gran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past		Gran			day		tree rules

Example 7

The olden times were not like the times we live in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 times	det
2	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 like	obl:unmarked
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 like	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 times	det
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 like	obj
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 live	nsubj
10	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 times	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 live	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	past					time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	live in	present	we	the times not said here					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme time=Location

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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