scabbard

Who acts: case, sword, jewels, He · What happens: slide, not use, be, wear · To what, where: knife, scabbard, gold scabbard, belt

«scabbard» 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: scabbard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 case	det
2	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slides	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 sheath	cc
4	sheath	sheath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 case	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 slides	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sword	det
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 slides	nsubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 knife	cc
9	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sword	conj
10	slides	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	into	into	SCONJ	_	17 used	mark
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 used	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 used	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 used	aux:pass
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 used	advmod
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 used	aux:pass
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 slides	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 slides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	present	the case or sheath						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not use	present · passive		knife					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

Example 1

The sword slid quietly into the scabbard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	nsubj
3	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 slid	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 scabbard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scabbard	det
7	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	the sword			the scabbard		quietly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into scabbard=Destination

Example 2

The jewels in the scabbard are splendid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jewels	det
2	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 splendid	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 scabbard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scabbard	det
5	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jewels	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 splendid	cop
7	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 splendid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the jewels in the scabbard					splendid property	tree rules

Example 3

He wore a gold scabbard at his belt.

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scabbard	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scabbard	compound
5	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 belt	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 belt	nmod:poss
8	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	He	a gold scabbard		his belt			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scabbard=Theme

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