sealskin
Who acts: old man, they · What happens: use, make, wear, be, say · To what, where: skin, coat, they, little purse · Speech: someone speaks here
«sealskin» 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: sealskin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 skin | det |
| 2 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 seal | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 seal | det |
| 5 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skin | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 used | punct |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 skin | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 coats | case |
| 9 | coats | coat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 used | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bags | punct |
| 11 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 coats | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 purses | cc |
| 13 | purses | purse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 coats | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 skin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | the skin of a seal not said here | for coats and bags and purses | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2
Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 sealskin | case |
| 3 | sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Made | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 purse | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 purse | case |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 purse | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 purse | det |
| 8 | sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 purse | compound |
| 9 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Made | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | of sealskin; as a sealskin purse | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Example 1
The old man wore a coat of sealskin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wore | nsubj |
| 4 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coat | det |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wore | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sealskin | case |
| 8 | sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coat | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the old man | a coat of sealskin | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Example 2
"Sealskin, are they?" said the moth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sealskin | punct |
| 2 | Sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | ccomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sealskin | punct |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 they | cop |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 they | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 they | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 moth | det |
| 10 | moth | moth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The little purse was made of soft sealskin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 purse | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 purse | amod |
| 3 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sealskin | case |
| 7 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sealskin | amod |
| 8 | sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the little purse | of soft sealskin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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