ostler
Who acts: ostler, man · What happens: be, look, brush, lead, take · To what, where: man, tired horse, coach horses, horses, stable
«ostler» 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: ostler in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
An ostler is a man who looked after horses at an inn in the old days.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ostler | det |
| 2 | ostler | ostler | 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 looked | nsubj |
| 7 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 horses | case |
| 9 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looked | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 inn | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 inn | det |
| 12 | inn | inn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looked | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 days | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 days | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 days | amod |
| 16 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looked | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a ostler | a man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | past | a man | after horses; day | at a inn | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at inn=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
The ostler brushed the tired horse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ostler | det |
| 2 | ostler | ostler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brushed | nsubj |
| 3 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 horse | amod |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brushed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | past | the ostler | the tired horse | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination |
Example 2
The ostler led the coach horses into the yard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ostler | det |
| 2 | ostler | ostler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | nsubj |
| 3 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horses | det |
| 5 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 horses | compound |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 led | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 yard | det |
| 9 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 led | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | the ostler | the coach horses | into the yard | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into yard=Destination |
Example 3
The ostler took our horses to the stable.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ostler | det |
| 2 | ostler | ostler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 horses | nmod:poss |
| 5 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 stable | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stable | det |
| 8 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the ostler | our horses | the stable | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to stable=Destination |
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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