twain
Who acts: Childe twain, door · What happens: use, cut, play, split · To what, where: It, old tales, rope, twain, ball
«twain» 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: twain in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases.
Sentence 1: Two.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Two | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: It is used in old tales and set phrases.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 used | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tales | case |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tales | amod |
| 6 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 used | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 phrases | cc |
| 8 | set | set | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 phrases | amod |
| 9 | phrases | phrase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 tales | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | It | old tales and set phrases | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Example 1
The rope was cut in twain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cut | aux:pass |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 twain | case |
| 6 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past · passive | the rope | twain | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Example 2
Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Childe | Childe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 twain | compound |
| 2 | Rowland | Rowland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Childe | flat |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 brothers | cc |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Childe | conj |
| 6 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 playing | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 playing | aux |
| 8 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 playing | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 playing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past · progressive | Childe twain | ball | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
Example 3
The door split in twain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 split | nsubj |
| 3 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 twain | case |
| 5 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 split | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 split | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past | the door | twain | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.
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