pelage

Who acts: fur, Arctic fox, thick pelage, scientist, Polar bears, pelage · What happens: cover, change, keep, describe, have, turn · To what, where: body, pelage, seal, colour, dense pelage, black skin · Speech: someone speaks here

«pelage» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: pelage in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The fur, hair or wool covering a mammal's body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fur	det
2	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hair	punct
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fur	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wool	cc
6	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fur	conj
7	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 fur	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mammal	det
9	mammal	mammal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 body	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mammal	case
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covering	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund	the fur and hair or wool not said here	a mammal's body					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Destination

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 Arctic fox changes its pelage with the seasons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
2	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fox	amod
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changes	nsubj
4	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pelage	nmod:poss
6	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changes	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 seasons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seasons	det
9	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 changes	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 changes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the Arctic fox	fox's pelage			season		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pelage=Patient

Example 2

A seal's thick pelage keeps it warm in icy water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 seal	det
2	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pelage	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 seal	case
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pelage	amod
5	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeps	obj
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keeps	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 warm	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	a seal's thick pelage	seal				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 3

The scientist described the colour of the bat's pelage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scientist	det
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	nsubj
3	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 colour	det
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 pelage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bat	det
8	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pelage	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bat	case
10	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	the scientist	the colour of the bat's pelage					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent colour=Theme

Example 4

Polar bears have a dense pelage over black skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bears	amod
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pelage	det
5	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pelage	amod
6	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 skin	amod
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pelage	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Polar bears	a dense pelage		black skin			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pelage=Patient

Example 5

The pelage of a stoat turns white in winter, and it is then called ermine.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pelage	det
2	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 stoat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stoat	det
5	stoat	stoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pelage	nmod
6	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 turns	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turns	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 called	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 called	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 called	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 called	aux:pass
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 called	advmod
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 turns	parataxis
16	ermine	ermine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 called	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 turns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	the pelage of a stoat				winter	white property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	call	present · passive		pelage			then		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 6

The new species has a reddish pelage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 species	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 species	amod
3	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pelage	det
6	reddish	reddish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pelage	amod
7	pelage	pelage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the new species	a reddish pelage					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pelage=Patient

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