petticoat

Who acts: magic garment, She · What happens: wear, do, turn · To what, where: skirt, dress, odd things, tale, white petticoat, blue dress

«petticoat» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: petticoat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A skirt worn under a dress, long ago.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 skirt	det
2	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	nsubj:pass
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 dress	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dress	det
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ago	punct
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 ago	advmod
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 worn	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle · passive		a skirt		a dress		ago property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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

Usage: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

A magic garment that does odd things in a tale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 garment	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 garment	amod
3	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 garment	acl:relcl
6	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 does	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 tale	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tale	det
10	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 garment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	a magic garment	odd things		a tale			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

Example 1

She wore a white petticoat under her blue dress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 petticoat	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 petticoat	amod
5	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 dress	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dress	nmod:poss
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dress	amod
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	She	a white petticoat		her blue dress			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent petticoat=Theme

Example 2

The magic petticoat turned into drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 petticoat	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 petticoat	amod
3	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 petticoat	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 drink	case
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 petticoat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	participle		the magic petticoat not said here		drink			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into drink=Trajectory

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