sheepskin
Who acts: sheepskin, He, boy, wolf · What happens: be, use, wear, sit, hide, fool · To what, where: skin, sheepskin coat, cold, soft sheepskin rug, wolf, sheepskin
«sheepskin» 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: sheepskin in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A sheepskin is the skin of a sheep, with its wool still on, used as a coat or a rug.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sheepskin | det |
| 2 | sheepskin | sheepskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 skin | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 skin | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 skin | det |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sheep | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sheep | det |
| 8 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 skin | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wool | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 wool | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 wool | nmod:poss |
| 12 | wool | wool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 skin | conj |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 on | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADV | _ | 12 wool | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 used | punct |
| 16 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 skin | acl |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 coat | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 coat | det |
| 19 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 used | obl |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 rug | cc |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 rug | det |
| 22 | rug | rug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 coat | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 skin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a sheepskin | the skin and sheepskin's wool | of a sheep | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use | participle | the skin and sheepskin's wool not said here | as a coat or a rug | 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.
Example 1
He wore a sheepskin coat in the cold.
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 coat | det |
| 4 | sheepskin | sheepskin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 coat | amod |
| 5 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wore | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cold | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cold | det |
| 8 | cold | cold | 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 sheepskin coat | the cold | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Example 2
The boy sat on a soft sheepskin rug.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 rug | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rug | det |
| 6 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rug | amod |
| 7 | sheepskin | sheepskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rug | compound |
| 8 | rug | rug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the boy | a soft sheepskin rug | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rug=Location |
Example 3
The wolf hid himself in a sheepskin to fool the shepherd.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 hid | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sheepskin | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sheepskin | det |
| 7 | sheepskin | sheepskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fool | mark |
| 9 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hid | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shepherd | det |
| 11 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fool | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the wolf | wolf | a sheepskin | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in sheepskin=Location | |||
| 2 | fool | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | the shepherd | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Patient |
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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