sheepdog

Who acts: dog, sheepdog, farmer, Border Collies, We · What happens: train, help, look, use, round up, whistle · To what, where: dog, farmer move, breed, sheep, pen, great sheepdogs

«sheepdog» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: sheepdog in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dog trained to help a farmer move and look after sheep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trained	nsubj:pass
3	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 help	mark
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trained	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 move	det
7	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 move	compound
8	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 look	cc
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	conj
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 sheep	case
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 look	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	train	participle · passive		a dog		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	help	to-infinitive	a dog not said here	a farmer move		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Beneficiary
3	look	infinitive	a dog not said here		after sheep	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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 breed of dog often used for this, like the Border Collie or Old English Sheepdog.

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	2 breed	det
2	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dog	case
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breed	nmod
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 used	advmod
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 this	case
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 used	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Collie	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 Collie	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Collie	det
12	Border	Border	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Collie	compound
13	Collie	Collie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 used	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 Sheepdog	cc
15	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Sheepdog	amod
16	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Sheepdog	compound
17	Sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Collie	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle · passive		a breed of dog				for this; often property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for this=Eventuality

Example 1

The sheepdog rounded up the sheep into the pen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheepdog	det
2	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	rounded	round	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sheepdog	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 rounded	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rounded	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 pen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pen	det
9	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rounded	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sheepdog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	round up	participle	the sheepdog not said here	the sheep				into the pen result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient into pen=Result

Example 2

The farmer whistled and the sheepdog lay down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whistled	nsubj
3	whistled	whistle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lay	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheepdog	det
6	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 whistled	conj
8	down	down	ADV	_	7 lay	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whistled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	past	the farmer						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lie down	past	the sheepdog					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Border Collies make great sheepdogs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Collies	compound
2	Collies	collie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheepdogs	amod
5	sheepdogs	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Border Collies	great sheepdogs					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheepdog=Product

Example 4

We watched sheepdog trials at the show.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trials	compound
4	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 watched	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 show	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 show	det
7	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watched	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	We	sheepdog trials		the show			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Theme

Example 5

The sheepdog moved 20 sheep in 3 minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheepdog	det
2	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 sheep	nummod
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 minutes	case
7	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the sheepdog	20 sheep			minute		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme sheep=Result

Example 6

Our neighbour's sheepdog is very clever.

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 neighbour	nmod:poss
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sheepdog	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 neighbour	case
4	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clever	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 clever	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 clever	advmod
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Our neighbour's sheepdog					clever property	tree rules

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