sequin

Who acts: sequin, father, She, I · What happens: be, sew, sparkle, leave, place, dig up · To what, where: small flat shiny disc, clothes, gold coin, us, purse, thousand sequins

«sequin» 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: sequin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sequin is a small, flat, shiny disc sewn onto clothes to sparkle.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sequin	det
2	sequin	sequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disc	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 disc	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 disc	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disc	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 small	punct
7	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disc	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 flat	punct
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 disc	amod
10	disc	disc	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 disc	acl
12	onto	onto	ADP	_	13 clothes	case
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 sewn	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 sparkle	mark
15	sparkle	sparkle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sewn	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 disc	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a sequin	a small flat shiny disc		tree rules
2	sew	participle		a small flat shiny disc not said here	clothes	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto clothes=Destination
3	sparkle	to-infinitive				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A sequin is a gold coin, as in fairy tales about treasure.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sequin	det
2	sequin	sequin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coin	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coin	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coin	compound
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tales	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 tales	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tales	case
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tales	compound
11	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 coin	nmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 treasure	case
13	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tales	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 coin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sequin	a gold coin				as fairy tales about treasure	tree rules

Example 1

Our father left us each a thousand sequins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 left	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sequins	det
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thousand	det
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sequins	nummod
8	sequins	sequin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	Our father	us					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent we=Theme sequin=Attribute

Example 2

She placed a purse full of sequins in the old woman's hand.

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 purse	det
4	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 placed	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 sequins	case
7	sequins	sequin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	13 hand	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hand	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 woman	case
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sequins	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 placed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	She	a purse				full property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme

Example 3

I dug up the three thousand sequins I had buried.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dug	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sequins	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thousand	compound
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sequins	nummod
7	sequins	sequin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	obj
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 buried	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 buried	aux
10	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 dug	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	past	I	the thousand sequins					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sequin=Theme
2	bury	past · perfect	I						vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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