piebald

Who acts: children, piebald horse, cat, She, circus, he · What happens: have, ride, stand, be, graze, draw · To what, where: large patches, piebald pony, field, piebald horses, piebald horse, old mare

«piebald» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: piebald in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Of a horse or other animal: having large patches of two colours, usually black and white.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 horse	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 animal	cc
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 having	punct
8	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 horse	conj
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 patches	amod
10	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 having	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 colours	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 colours	nummod
13	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 patches	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 black	punct
15	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 black	advmod
16	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 having	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 white	cc
18	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 black	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 horse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		large patches of two colours					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient

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: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A piebald horse or pony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 pony	cc
5	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 horse	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The children rode a piebald pony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rode	nsubj
3	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pony	det
5	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pony	amod
6	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rode	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the children	a piebald pony					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme

Example 2

A piebald horse stood in the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	a piebald horse			the field			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location

Example 3

Our cat is piebald, black and white.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piebald	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 piebald	cop
4	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 black	punct
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piebald	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 piebald	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 piebald	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our cat	piebald property	tree rules
2	be		Our cat not said here		tree rules
3	be		Our cat not said here		tree rules

Example 4

The travellers' piebald horses grazed by the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 travellers	det
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 horses	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 travellers	case
4	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horses	amod
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	grazed	graze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 horses	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grazed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 horses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graze	participle		the travellers's piebald horses not said here				by the road	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

She drew a piebald pony with big patches.

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 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pony	det
4	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pony	amod
5	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 patches	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 patches	amod
8	patches	patch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pony	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	a piebald pony				with big patches	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme

Example 6

The circus had a piebald horse with a white face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 circus	det
2	circus	circus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 face	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 face	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 face	amod
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horse	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the circus	a piebald horse				with a white face	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

Example 7

Then he changed the old mare into a brisk, piebald palfrey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 changed	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mare	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mare	amod
6	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	12 palfrey	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 palfrey	det
9	brisk	brisk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 palfrey	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 brisk	punct
11	piebald	piebald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 palfrey	amod
12	palfrey	palfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	he	the old mare			then	into a brisk piebald palfrey result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent mare=Patient into palfrey=Result

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