roan
Who acts: Roan, coat, roan pony, He, roan horse · What happens: describe, be, mix, stand, ride, trot · To what, where: animal, roan mule, town
«roan» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: roan in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Roan describes an animal, especially a horse or mule, whose coat is brown, red or black mixed with white or grey hairs.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roan | Roan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 animal | det |
| 4 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 horse | punct |
| 6 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 8 horse | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 horse | det |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | parataxis |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 mule | cc |
| 10 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 horse | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 brown | punct |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 13 coat | nmod:poss |
| 13 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brown | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 brown | cop |
| 15 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 horse | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 red | punct |
| 17 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 brown | conj |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 black | cc |
| 19 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 brown | conj |
| 20 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 black | acl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 hairs | case |
| 22 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 hairs | amod |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 grey | cc |
| 24 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 white | conj |
| 25 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 mixed | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | Roan | a animal | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | coat | brown property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | coat not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | be | coat not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | mix | participle | with white hairs | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with hair=Co-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
A roan is such an animal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 roan | det |
| 2 | roan | roan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 animal | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 animal | cop |
| 4 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 animal | det:predet |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 animal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a roan | such animal | tree rules |
Example 1
A roan pony stood by the gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pony | det |
| 2 | roan | roan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pony | compound |
| 3 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 7 | gate | gate | 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 roan pony | by the gate | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |
Example 2
He rode his roan mule to town.
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 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mule | nmod:poss |
| 4 | roan | roan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mule | amod |
| 5 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rode | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | He | his roan mule | town | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mule=Theme to town=Trajectory |
Example 3
The roan horse trotted into the yard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | roan | roan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 horse | compound |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trotted | nsubj |
| 4 | trotted | trot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 yard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 yard | det |
| 7 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trotted | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trotted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trot | past | the roan horse | into the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into yard=Destination |
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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