riband
Who acts: She, princess · What happens: use, tie, decorate, flutter, wear · To what, where: hair, clothes, green riband, Long silk ribands, bonnets, blue riband
«riband» 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: riband in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A narrow strip of silk or cloth, used to tie hair or decorate clothes; a ribbon.
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 | 3 strip | det |
| 2 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 strip | amod |
| 3 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 silk | case |
| 5 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 strip | nmod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 cloth | cc |
| 7 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 strip | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 used | punct |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 strip | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 tie | mark |
| 11 | tie | tie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 used | advcl |
| 12 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tie | obj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 decorate | cc |
| 14 | decorate | decorate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 tie | conj |
| 15 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 14 decorate | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 ribbon | punct |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 ribbon | det |
| 18 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 strip | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 strip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | tie | to-infinitive | hair | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | |||||
| 3 | decorate | infinitive | clothes | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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
She tied a green riband in her hair.
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 tied | nsubj |
| 2 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 riband | det |
| 4 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 riband | amod |
| 5 | riband | riband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tied | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hair | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hair | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tied | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | past | She | a green riband | her hair | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riband=Patient |
Example 2
Long silk ribands fluttered from their bonnets.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ribands | amod |
| 2 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ribands | compound |
| 3 | ribands | riband | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | fluttered | flutter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ribands | acl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 bonnets | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bonnets | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bonnets | bonnet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fluttered | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ribands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flutter | participle | Long silk ribands not said here | ribands's bonnets | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The princess wore a blue riband round her waist.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | nsubj |
| 3 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 riband | det |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 riband | amod |
| 6 | riband | riband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obj |
| 7 | round | round | ADP | _ | 9 waist | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 waist | nmod:poss |
| 9 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the princess | a blue riband | round princess's waist | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent riband=Source |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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