Who acts: needle, military show, steady beating, rain, uncle, We · What happens: make, push in, stay, march, tap, drum · To what, where: picture, skin, ink, sound, tattoo, anchor
«tattoo» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: tattoo in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A picture or pattern made on the skin with ink pushed in by a needle, which stays there.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent by needle=Trajectory
3
stay
present
a needle
there
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.
Meaning 2
To make such a picture on someone's skin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 make
mark
2
make
make
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
such
such
DET
PronType=Ind
5 picture
det:predet
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 picture
det
5
picture
picture
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 make
obj
6
on
on
ADP
_
9 skin
case
7
someone
someone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
9 skin
nmod:poss
8
's
's
PART
_
7 someone
case
9
skin
skin
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 make
obl
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 make
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
make
to-infinitive
such picture
someone's skin
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset picture=Product
Meaning 3
A military show with music, marching and drums, often at night, like the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 show
det
2
military
military
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 show
amod
3
show
show
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 marching
nsubj
4
with
with
ADP
_
5 music
case
5
music
music
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 show
nmod
6
,
,
PUNCT
_
7 marching
punct
7
marching
march
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
root
root
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 drums
cc
9
drums
drum
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 marching
conj
10
,
,
PUNCT
_
13 night
punct
11
often
often
ADV
_
13 night
advmod
12
at
at
ADP
_
13 night
case
13
night
night
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 marching
obl
14
,
,
PUNCT
_
19 Tattoo
punct
15
like
like
ADP
_
19 Tattoo
case
16
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
19 Tattoo
det
17
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
PROPN
Number=Sing
19 Tattoo
compound
18
Military
Military
PROPN
Number=Sing
19 Tattoo
compound
19
Tattoo
Tattoo
PROPN
Number=Sing
7 marching
obl
20
.
.
PUNCT
_
7 marching
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
march
gerund
a military show with music
night
like the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 4
A steady beating or tapping sound, like rain drumming.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 beating
det
2
steady
steady
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 beating
amod
3
beating
beating
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 tapping
cc
5
tapping
tap
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
3 beating
acl
6
sound
sound
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 tapping
obj
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 drumming
punct
8
like
like
SCONJ
_
10 drumming
mark
9
rain
rain
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 drumming
nsubj
10
drumming
drum
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
5 tapping
conj
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 beating
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
tap
gerund
a steady beating not said here
sound
vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sound=Location
vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2
beat
infinitive
They not said here
a lively tattoo
on the drum
vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent tattoo=Instrument on drum=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.