weathercock

Who acts: weathercock, metal cock, person, he, twirling, we · What happens: be, turn, show, mean, change, mind · To what, where: metal cock, roof, direction, person, mind, storm · Speech: someone speaks here

«weathercock» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: weathercock in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A weathercock is a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the direction of the wind.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 weathercock	det
2	weathercock	weathercock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cock	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cock	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cock	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cock	compound
6	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 bird	cc
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cock	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cock	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 turns	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 turns	nsubj
14	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cock	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 show	mark
16	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 turns	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 direction	det
18	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 show	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 wind	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wind	det
21	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 direction	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a weathercock	a metal cock or bird	a roof	tree rules
2	turn	present	a metal cock or bird			tree rules
3	show	to-infinitive	a metal cock or bird not said here	the direction of the wind		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent direction=Recipient

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.

Meaning 2

A weathercock can also mean a person who often changes his mind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 weathercock	det
2	weathercock	weathercock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 changes	nsubj
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 changes	advmod
10	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mind	nmod:poss
12	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 changes	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a weathercock	a person		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic
2	change	present	a person	person's mind	often property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		person			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

The weathercock is squeaking now, said he.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weathercock	det
2	weathercock	weathercock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 squeaking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 squeaking	aux
4	squeaking	squeak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 squeaking	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 squeaking	parataxis
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 squeaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeak	present · progressive	the weathercock				now		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The weathercock flew to the opposite house and perched there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weathercock	det
2	weathercock	weathercock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 perched	cc
9	perched	perch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 perched	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the weathercock					to the opposite house result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result
2	perch	past	the weathercock not said here			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The twirling of the weathercock on the roof bodes ill; we shall have a storm.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 twirling	det
2	twirling	twirling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bodes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 weathercock	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weathercock	det
5	weathercock	weathercock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twirling	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 roof	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weathercock	nmod
9	bodes	bode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bodes	xcomp
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
13	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 have	aux
14	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 bodes	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 storm	det
16	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bodes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bode	present	the twirling of the weathercock on the roof					ill property	tree rules
2	have	shall	we	a storm					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Patient

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