surcoat
Who acts: surcoat, Paperarello, knight · What happens: be, wear, fasten, pull · To what, where: loose coat, armour, ear, surcoat
«surcoat» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: surcoat in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 surcoat | det |
| 2 | surcoat | surcoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coat | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 coat | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coat | det |
| 5 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 coat | amod |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 tunic | cc |
| 8 | tunic | tunic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coat | conj |
| 9 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 coat | acl |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 armour | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 knight | det |
| 12 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 armour | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 knight | case |
| 14 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worn | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 times | case |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 times | amod |
| 17 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 worn | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 coat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a surcoat | a loose coat or tunic | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wear | participle | a loose coat or tunic not said here | a knight's armour | time | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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
Paperarello fastened the ear inside his surcoat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paperarello | Paperarello | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 fastened | nsubj |
| 2 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ear | det |
| 4 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fastened | obj |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 surcoat | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 surcoat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | surcoat | surcoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fastened | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fastened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fasten | past | Paperarello | the ear | Paperarello's surcoat | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
Example 2
The knight pulled his surcoat over his armour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 surcoat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | surcoat | surcoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 armour | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 armour | nmod:poss |
| 8 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the knight | knight's surcoat | knight's armour | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surcoat=Theme |
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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