potsherd

Who acts: She, archaeologist, He · What happens: break, find, ask, see, give · To what, where: broken piece, ground, potsherd, field, lad

«potsherd» 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: potsherd in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A broken piece of an old clay pot or dish, often found in the ground.

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	3 piece	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 piece	amod
3	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 pot	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pot	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pot	amod
7	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pot	compound
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 piece	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 dish	cc
10	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pot	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	13 found	advmod
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 piece	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find	participle		a broken piece of a old clay pot or dish not said here		the ground		often property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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

She asked to see the potsherd.

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 potsherd	det
6	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	She						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the potsherd					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer potsherd=Stimulus

Example 2

The archaeologist found a potsherd in the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 archaeologist	det
2	archaeologist	archaeologist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 potsherd	det
5	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the archaeologist	a potsherd		the field			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potsherd=Topic

Example 3

He gave the lad a piece of broken potsherd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 potsherd	case
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 potsherd	amod
9	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	the lad					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient piece=Theme
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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