teat Who acts: teat, babies, cows, baby, calf, cow · What happens: be, suck, get, have, drink, milk · To what, where: small soft part, body, milk, teats, rubber, bottle
«teat» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: teat in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A teat is the small, soft part on a female mammal's body that her babies suck to get milk; cows, goats and pigs have teats.
The tree, 26 words det nsubj cop det amod punct amod case det amod nmod:poss case nmod mark nmod:poss nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp obj punct nsubj punct conj cc conj parataxis obj punct root A DET teat NOUN is AUX the DET small ADJ , PUNCT soft ADJ part NOUN on ADP a DET female ADJ mammal NOUN 's PART body NOUN that SCONJ her PRON babies NOUN suck VERB to PART get VERB milk NOUN ; PUNCT cows NOUN , PUNCT goats NOUN and CCONJ pigs NOUN have VERB teats NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 teat det 2 teat teat NOUN Number=Sing 8 part nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 part cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 part det 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 part amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 small punct 7 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 8 part amod 8 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 on on ADP _ 14 body case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 mammal det 11 female female ADJ Degree=Pos 12 mammal amod 12 mammal mammal NOUN Number=Sing 14 body nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 mammal case 14 body body NOUN Number=Sing 8 part nmod 15 that that SCONJ _ 18 suck mark 16 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 babies nmod:poss 17 babies baby NOUN Number=Plur 18 suck nsubj 18 suck suck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 body acl:relcl 19 to to PART _ 20 get mark 20 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 18 suck xcomp 21 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 20 get obj 22 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 cows punct 23 cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 28 have nsubj 24 , , PUNCT _ 25 goats punct 25 goats goat NOUN Number=Plur 23 cows conj 26 and and CCONJ _ 27 pigs cc 27 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 23 cows conj 28 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 part parataxis 29 teats teat NOUN Number=Plur 28 have obj 30 . . PUNCT _ 8 part punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a teat the small soft part a female mammal's body tree rules 2 suck present her babies a female mammal's body not said here tree rules 3 get to-infinitive her babies not said here milk vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer milk=Stimulus 4 have present cows and goats and pigs teats vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teat=Patient
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 A teat is the rubber or plastic top of a baby's bottle that the baby sucks.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop det cc amod conj case det nmod:poss case nmod obj det nsubj acl:relcl punct root A DET teat NOUN is AUX the DET rubber NOUN or CCONJ plastic ADJ top NOUN of ADP a DET baby NOUN 's PART bottle NOUN that PRON the DET baby NOUN sucks VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 teat det 2 teat teat NOUN Number=Sing 5 rubber nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 rubber cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rubber det 5 rubber rubber NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 top cc 7 plastic plastic ADJ Degree=Pos 8 top amod 8 top top NOUN Number=Sing 5 rubber conj 9 of of ADP _ 13 bottle case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 baby det 11 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 13 bottle nmod:poss 12 's 's PART _ 11 baby case 13 bottle bottle NOUN Number=Sing 8 top nmod 14 that that PRON PronType=Rel 17 sucks obj 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 baby det 16 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 17 sucks nsubj 17 sucks suck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 bottle acl:relcl 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 rubber punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a teat the rubber or plastic top of a baby's bottle tree rules 2 suck present the baby a baby's bottle vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent that=Source
Example 1 The calf drank milk from its mother's teat.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET calf NOUN drank VERB milk NOUN from ADP its PRON mother NOUN 's PART teat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 calf det 2 calf calf NOUN Number=Sing 3 drank nsubj 3 drank drink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 3 drank obj 5 from from ADP _ 9 teat case 6 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 mother nmod:poss 7 mother mother NOUN Number=Sing 9 teat nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 mother case 9 teat teat NOUN Number=Sing 3 drank obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 drank punct
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1 drink past the calf milk calf's mother's teat vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient
Example 2 A cow has four teats on her udder.
det nsubj nummod obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root A DET cow NOUN has VERB four NUM teats NOUN on ADP her PRON udder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cow det 2 cow cow NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 teats nummod 5 teats teat NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 udder case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 udder nmod:poss 8 udder udder NOUN Number=Sing 5 teats nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a cow four teats cow's udder vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teat=Patient
Example 3 The farmer milked the goat's teats by hand.
det nsubj det nmod:poss case obj case obl punct root The DET farmer NOUN milked VERB the DET goat NOUN 's PART teats NOUN by ADP hand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 3 milked nsubj 3 milked milk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 goat det 5 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing 7 teats nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 goat case 7 teats teat NOUN Number=Plur 3 milked obj 8 by by ADP _ 9 hand case 9 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 3 milked obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 milked punct
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1 milk past the farmer the goat's teats by hand vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teat=Source
Example 4 Each piglet found a teat and started to drink.
det nsubj det obj cc conj mark xcomp punct root Each DET piglet NOUN found VERB a DET teat NOUN and CCONJ started VERB to PART drink VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 piglet det 2 piglet piglet NOUN Number=Sing 3 found nsubj 3 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 teat det 5 teat teat NOUN Number=Sing 3 found obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 started cc 7 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 found conj 8 to to PART _ 9 drink mark 9 drink drink VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 started xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 found punct
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1 find past each piglet a teat vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teat=Topic 2 start past each piglet not said here vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 drink to-infinitive each piglet not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Mum boiled the bottle teats to keep them clean.
nsubj det compound obj mark advcl obj xcomp punct root Mum NOUN boiled VERB the DET bottle NOUN teats NOUN to PART keep VERB them PRON clean ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 boiled nsubj 2 boiled boil VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 teats det 4 bottle bottle NOUN Number=Sing 5 teats compound 5 teats teat NOUN Number=Plur 2 boiled obj 6 to to PART _ 7 keep mark 7 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 boiled advcl 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 keep obj 9 clean clean ADJ Degree=Pos 7 keep xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 boiled punct
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1 boil past Mum the bottle teats vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent teat=Patient 2 keep to-infinitive Mum not said here teats = teat clean property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Example 6 The baby lamb would not take the teat, so we fed it with a syringe.
The tree, 15 words det compound nsubj aux advmod det obj punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj case det obl punct root The DET baby NOUN lamb NOUN would AUX not PART take VERB the DET teat NOUN , PUNCT so ADV we PRON fed VERB it PRON with ADP a DET syringe NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 lamb det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 lamb compound 3 lamb lamb NOUN Number=Sing 6 take nsubj 4 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 take aux 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 take advmod 6 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 teat det 8 teat teat NOUN Number=Sing 6 take obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 fed punct 10 so so ADV _ 12 fed advmod 11 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 12 fed nsubj 12 fed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 take parataxis 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 fed obj 14 with with ADP _ 16 syringe case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 syringe det 16 syringe syringe NOUN Number=Sing 12 fed obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 take punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not take would the baby lamb the teat vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teat=Theme 2 feed past we teat with a syringe vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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