ploughman

Who acts: ploughman, farm worker · What happens: be, plough, pull, yoke, lead, drink · To what, where: farm worker, fields, plough, ox

«ploughman» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ploughman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A ploughman is a farm worker who ploughs fields, pulling the plough with oxen or horses.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ploughman	det
2	ploughman	ploughman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 worker	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 worker	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worker	compound
6	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 ploughs	nsubj
8	ploughs	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 worker	acl:relcl
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ploughs	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pulling	punct
11	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ploughs	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plough	det
13	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulling	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 oxen	case
15	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pulling	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 horses	cc
17	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 oxen	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 worker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ploughman	a farm worker		tree rules
2	plough	present	a farm worker	fields		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent field=Initial_Location
3	pull	gerund	a farm worker not said here	the plough	with oxen or horses	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=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.

Example 1

A ploughman yoked his ox and ass together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ploughman	det
2	ploughman	ploughman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yoked	nsubj
3	yoked	yoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ox	nmod:poss
5	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yoked	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ass	cc
7	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ox	conj
8	together	together	ADV	_	3 yoked	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 yoked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yoke	past	a ploughman	ploughman's ox and ass				together property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ox=Destination

Example 2

The ploughman led his oxen away to drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ploughman	det
2	ploughman	ploughman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 oxen	nmod:poss
5	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 away	obl:unmarked
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 led	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 drink	mark
8	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 led	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	the ploughman					away property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	drink	to-infinitive	the ploughman not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The ploughman was up before dawn to work the fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ploughman	det
2	ploughman	ploughman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dawn	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dawn	cop
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 was	compound:prt
5	before	before	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dawn	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 work	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dawn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the ploughman				before dawn		tree rules
2	work	to-infinitive		the fields					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent field=Material

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