signboard

Who acts: signboard, pigeon, She, inn · What happens: be, put up, show, sell, see, paint · To what, where: flat board, shop, goblet, signboard, bear · Speech: someone speaks here

«signboard» 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: signboard in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 signboard	det
2	signboard	signboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 board	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 board	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 board	det
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 board	amod
6	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 words	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 board	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 picture	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 picture	det
11	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 picture	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 put	punct
15	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 board	parataxis
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 put	compound:prt
17	outside	outside	ADP	_	19 shop	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 shop	det
19	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 put	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 inn	cc
21	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shop	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 show	mark
23	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 put	advcl
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 sold	nsubj:pass
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sold	aux:pass
26	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 show	ccomp
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 is	cc
28	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	30 is	advmod
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 is	nsubj
30	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 sold	conj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 board	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a signboard	a flat board		with words or a picture on picture	tree rules
2	put up	infinitive			a shop or inn		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent outside shop=Destination
3	show	to-infinitive					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	sell	present · passive					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	be	present	signboard				vn exist-47.1 «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.

Example 1

A pigeon saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pigeon	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 goblet	det
5	goblet	goblet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goblet	nmod
8	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 goblet	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 signboard	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 signboard	det
11	signboard	signboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painted	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	a pigeon	a goblet of water					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goblet=Stimulus
2	paint	participle		a goblet of water not said here		a signboard			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on signboard=Destination

Example 2

She flew at the signboard and bumped into it.

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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 signboard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 signboard	det
5	signboard	signboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bumped	cc
7	bumped	bump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bumped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	She			the signboard			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent at signboard=Location
2	bump	past	She not said here			signboard			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Location

Example 3

The inn had a signboard showing a bear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inn	det
2	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 signboard	det
5	signboard	signboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 signboard	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showing	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the inn	a signboard					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signboard=Patient
2	show	gerund	a signboard not said here	a bear					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bear=Recipient

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