pall

Who acts: pall, that, sad pall · What happens: be, spread, collect, pall, hang, fall · To what, where: dark cloth, something, dark feeling, things, robins, leaves

«pall» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: pall in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A pall is a dark cloth or covering spread over something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pall	det
2	pall	pall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloth	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cloth	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloth	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloth	amod
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 spread	cc
8	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 spread	aux:pass
9	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cloth	conj
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 something	case
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 spread	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cloth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pall	a dark cloth					tree rules
2	spread	gerund · passive	a pall not said here			something			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: over something=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.

Meaning 2

A pall is a dark feeling of gloom or sadness that spreads over things.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pall	det
2	pall	pall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeling	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 feeling	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feeling	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeling	amod
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gloom	case
8	gloom	gloom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feeling	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sadness	cc
10	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gloom	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 spreads	nsubj
12	spreads	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 feeling	parataxis
13	over	over	ADP	_	14 things	case
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 spreads	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pall	a dark feeling				of gloom or sadness	tree rules
2	spread	present	that			things			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over thing=Location

Example 1

The robins had collected a pall of leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robins	det
2	robins	robin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collected	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 collected	aux
4	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pall	det
6	pall	pall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 collected	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pall	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past · perfect · passive		the robins					tree rules
2	pall			leaves					nom pall «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

A pall of smoke hung over the town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pall	det
2	pall	pall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hung	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 smoke	case
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pall	nmod
5	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	participle · passive		a pall of smoke		the town			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over town=Destination
2	pall			smoke					nom pall «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

A sad pall fell over the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pall	det
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pall	amod
3	pall	pall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a sad pall			the house			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over house=Location

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