patent

Who acts: Patent, official right, new shoes, inventor, glue, other shop · What happens: mean, see, describe, be, stop, copy · To what, where: shiny leather, official right, others, invention, patent, glue

«patent» 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: patent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Patent means obvious or easy to see, and also describes shiny leather with a glossy coating (patent leather).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 easy	cc
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 obvious	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easy	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 describes	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 describes	cc
10	also	also	ADV	_	11 describes	advmod
11	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
12	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leather	amod
13	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 describes	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 coating	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 coating	det
16	glossy	glossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 coating	amod
17	coating	coating	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 describes	obl
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 leather	punct
19	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leather	compound
20	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 coating	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 leather	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Patent		obvious property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	Patent not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	describe	present		shiny leather	with a glossy coating	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent leather=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.

Meaning 2

A patent is an official right that stops others from copying and selling an invention.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 patent	det
2	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 right	det
5	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 right	amod
6	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	acl:relcl
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stops	obj
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 copying	mark
11	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 stops	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 selling	cc
13	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 copying	conj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 invention	det
15	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 selling	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a patent	a official right	tree rules
2	stop	present	a official right	others	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality other=Eventuality
3	copy	gerund	a official right not said here		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	sell	gerund	a official right not said here	a invention	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invention=Theme

Example 1

Her new shoes were of patent leather.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shoes	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shoes	amod
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leather	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 leather	cop
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 leather	case
6	patent	patent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leather	amod
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 leather	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her new shoes					of patent leather	tree rules

Example 2

The inventor got a patent for his new machine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inventor	det
2	inventor	inventor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 patent	det
5	patent	patent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 machine	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 machine	nmod:poss
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 machine	amod
9	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the inventor	a patent				for inventor's new machine	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent patent=Theme for machine=Source

Example 3

The glue was patent, so no other shop could sell it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 glue	det
2	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 patent	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 patent	cop
4	patent	patent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sell	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 sell	advmod
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 shop	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shop	amod
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sell	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 sell	aux
11	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 patent	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sell	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 patent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the glue					patent property	tree rules
2	sell	could	no other shop	glue					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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