sheepfold

Who acts: sheepfold, shepherd, lamb · What happens: be, fence, keep, lock, run back, not let · To what, where: pen, sheep, gate, sheepfold, fox

«sheepfold» 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: sheepfold in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sheepfold is a pen or small fenced place where sheep are kept safe at night.

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 sheepfold	det
2	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pen	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pen	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pen	det
5	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 place	cc
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 place	amod
8	fenced	fence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 place	amod
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pen	conj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 kept	advmod
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 kept	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 kept	aux:pass
13	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 place	acl:relcl
14	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kept	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 night	case
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sheepfold	a pen or small fenced place			tree rules
2	fence	participle					vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	present · passive		sheep	night	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

Example 1

The shepherd locked the gate of the sheepfold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	nsubj
3	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sheepfold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sheepfold	det
8	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gate	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	the shepherd	the gate of the sheepfold					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Example 2

The lamb ran back to the sheepfold before dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamb	det
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sheepfold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheepfold	det
7	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 dark	case
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ran	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	past	the lamb			the sheepfold	before dark		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sheepfold=Destination

Example 3

A fox must not be let into the sheepfold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 let	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	aux:pass
6	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 sheepfold	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sheepfold	det
9	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	must · passive		a fox		the sheepfold			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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