weal
Who acts: weal, He, whip, She · What happens: raise, be, leave, beat, mark, have · To what, where: raised red mark, skin, her, she, red weal, back
«weal» 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: weal in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick.
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 weal | det |
| 2 | weal | weal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mark | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 mark | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mark | det |
| 5 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 mark | amod |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mark | amod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 purple | cc |
| 8 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 red | conj |
| 9 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 skin | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 skin | det |
| 12 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mark | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 left | punct |
| 14 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 mark | parataxis |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 blow | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 blow | det |
| 17 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 left | obl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 whip | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 whip | det |
| 20 | whip | whip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 blow | nmod |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 stick | cc |
| 22 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 whip | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 mark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | participle | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a weal | a raised red mark | the skin | tree rules | |||
| 3 | leave | participle | by a blow from a whip or stick | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by blow=Location |
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
He beat her till she was marked with weals.
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 beat | nsubj |
| 2 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 beat | obj |
| 4 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 7 marked | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 marked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 marked | aux:pass |
| 7 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 beat | advcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 weals | case |
| 9 | weals | weal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 marked | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | He | her = she | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mark | past · passive | she | with weals | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with weal=Theme |
Example 2
The whip left a red weal on his back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 whip | det |
| 2 | whip | whip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | nsubj |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 weal | det |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 weal | amod |
| 6 | weal | weal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | the whip | a red weal | his back | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent weal=Theme on back=Location |
Example 3
She had weals on her arm after the fall.
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weals | weal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 arm | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 arm | nmod:poss |
| 6 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 fall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fall | det |
| 9 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | weals | her arm | after the fall | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weal=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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