vellum

Who acts: Vellum, monk, old book · What happens: be, make, use, write, have, page · To what, where: smooth writing material, skin, story, vellum, pages

«vellum» 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: vellum in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Vellum is thick, smooth writing material made from the skin of an animal, used for old books and documents.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vellum	Vellum	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thick	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thick	cop
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 material	punct
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 material	amod
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 material	compound
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thick	conj
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 material	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 animal	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 animal	det
14	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skin	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 used	punct
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 thick	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 books	case
18	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 books	amod
19	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 used	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 documents	cc
21	documents	document	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 books	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Vellum			thick property	tree rules
2	make	participle		smooth writing material not said here	the skin of a animal		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material
3	use	participle	Vellum not said here			for old books and documents	vn eat-39.1 «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

The monk wrote the story on vellum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monk	det
2	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 vellum	case
7	vellum	vellum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 story	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the monk	the story		vellum			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent story=Theme on vellum=Destination

Example 2

The old book had pages of vellum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 book	amod
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 vellum	case
7	vellum	vellum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pages	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old book	pages of vellum					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient
2	page			vellum					nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Vellum lasts for many years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vellum	Vellum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lasts	nsubj
2	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 years	case
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 years	amod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lasts	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	present	Vellum				year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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