tail

Who acts: body, Verb, dog, cat, lizard, you · What happens: stick out, move, follow, wag, use, balance · To what, where: someone, tail, long bright tail, tails, FINE BUSHY TAIL

«tail» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: tail in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The part at the back end of an animal's body that sticks out and can often move.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 part	det
2	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	compound
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 part	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 body	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 body	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 animal	case
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 sticks	nsubj
13	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 body	acl:relcl
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 sticks	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 move	cc
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 move	aux
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 move	advmod
18	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sticks	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick out	present	a animal's body						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	move	can	a animal's body not said here					often property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

Meaning 2

The back part of something: the tail of a plane, the tail of a comet.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 part	det
2	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	compound
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 tail	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tail	det
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 plane	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plane	det
11	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tail	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tail	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tail	det
14	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tail	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 comet	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 comet	det
17	comet	comet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tail	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 something	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Tails: the side of a coin without the head picture.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 side	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 side	det
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tails	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 coin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 coin	det
7	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 side	nmod
8	without	without	ADP	_	11 picture	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 picture	det
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 picture	compound
11	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coin	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tails	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

Verb: to follow someone closely and secretly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 follow	punct
3	to	to	PART	_	4 follow	mark
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 follow	obj
6	closely	closely	ADV	_	4 follow	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 secretly	cc
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	6 closely	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	to-infinitive	Verb	someone				closely property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme

Example 1

The dog wagged its tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagged	nsubj
3	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagged	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	the dog	dog's tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Example 2

A cat uses its tail to balance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 balance	mark
7	balance	balance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 uses	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	a cat	cat's tail					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	balance	to-infinitive	a cat not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Heads or tails?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 tails	cc
3	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Heads	conj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Heads	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

A lizard can drop its tail to escape.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lizard	det
2	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 drop	aux
4	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 escape	mark
8	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 drop	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	can	a lizard	lizard's tail					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
2	escape	to-infinitive	a lizard not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Never pull an animal's tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 pull	advmod
2	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tail	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 animal	case
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pull	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pull	imperative	you not said here	a animal's tail					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Example 6

We sat at the tail of the plane.

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 tail	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tail	det
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 plane	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plane	det
8	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tail	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	We			the tail of the plane			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at tail=Location

Example 7

The comet had a long bright tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comet	det
2	comet	comet	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	7 tail	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tail	amod
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the comet	a long bright tail					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Example 8

Tadpoles lose their tails as they turn into frogs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lose	nsubj
2	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tails	nmod:poss
4	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lose	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 turn	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 turn	nsubj
7	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lose	advcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 frogs	case
9	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	Tadpoles	Tadpoles's tails					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Eventuality
2	turn	present	Tadpoles = tadpole					into frogs result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into frog=Result

Example 9

RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	RABBIT	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 LOST	nsubj
2	LOST	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	HIS	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 TAIL	nmod:poss
4	FINE	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 TAIL	amod
5	BUSHY	bushy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 TAIL	amod
6	TAIL	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 LOST	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	RABBIT	RABBIT's FINE BUSHY TAIL					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Eventuality

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