tress
Who acts: tress, She, girl · What happens: be, hang down, comb, fall, cut off · To what, where: long lock, long golden tresses, face, one tress
«tress» 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: tress in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tress | det |
| 2 | tress | tress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lock | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lock | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lock | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lock | amod |
| 6 | lock | lock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 strand | cc |
| 8 | strand | strand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lock | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 hair | case |
| 10 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 strand | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 12 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 13 one | advmod |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 lock | conj |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 hangs | nsubj |
| 15 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 one | acl:relcl |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 hangs | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lock | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a tress | a long lock or strand of hair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hang down | present | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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
She combed her long golden tresses.
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 combed | nsubj |
| 2 | combed | comb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tresses | nmod:poss |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tresses | amod |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tresses | amod |
| 6 | tresses | tress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 combed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 combed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comb | past | She | her long golden tresses | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tress=Patient |
Example 2
A tress of hair fell across her face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tress | det |
| 2 | tress | tress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 hair | case |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tress | nmod |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 face | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | a tress of hair | tress's face | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across face=Initial_Location |
Example 3
The girl cut off just one tress.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 girl | acl |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 cut | compound:prt |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 tress | advmod |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 tress | nummod |
| 7 | tress | tress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cut | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | participle | the girl not said here | one tress | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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