waistband

Who acts: waistband, She, trousers, He · What happens: be, tuck, have, take · To what, where: band, waist, small things, letter, waistband, tight waistband

«waistband» 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: waistband in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 waistband	det
2	waistband	waistband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 band	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 band	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 band	det
5	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 band	nmod
8	around	around	ADP	_	10 waist	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 waist	det
10	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 band	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 trousers	case
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 waist	nmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 skirt	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 skirt	det
15	skirt	skirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trousers	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tucked	punct
17	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 tucked	advmod
18	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 things	amod
19	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 tucked	nsubj:pass
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 tucked	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 tucked	aux:pass
22	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 skirt	acl:relcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 band	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a waistband	the band		the waist of trousers or a skirt		of cloth	tree rules
2	tuck	can · passive		small things					vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=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.

Example 1

She tucked the letter into her waistband.

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 tucked	nsubj
2	tucked	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucked	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 waistband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 waistband	nmod:poss
7	waistband	waistband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	past	She	the letter		her waistband			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme into waistband=Destination

Example 2

His trousers had a tight waistband.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trousers	nmod:poss
2	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 waistband	det
5	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 waistband	amod
6	waistband	waistband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	His trousers	a tight waistband					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waistband=Patient

Example 3

He took the bracelet from his waistband.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bracelet	det
4	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 waistband	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 waistband	nmod:poss
7	waistband	waistband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the bracelet		his waistband			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme from waistband=Initial_Location

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