---
title: mottled — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mottled» in the school dictionary: Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mottled/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) / mottled

# mottled

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** frog, toad · **What happens:** mottle, mean, mark, speckle, have, shine · **To what, where:** bright green mottled coat, mottled brown jacket, sun., leaf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«mottled» 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: [mottled in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mottled.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mottled:m1:1
# text = Mottled means marked with patches or blotches of different colours, like a speckled coat.
1	Mottled	mottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	patches	patch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	blotches	blotch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	speckled	speckle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mottle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **mark** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with patches or blotches of different colours like a speckled coat | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with patch=Theme |
| 4 | **speckle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The frog had a bright green, mottled coat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mottled:x1:1
# text = The frog had a bright green, mottled coat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	mottled	mottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the frog | a bright green mottled coat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient |
| 2 | **mottle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mottled brown and yellow jacket shone in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mottled:x2:1
# text = The mottled brown and yellow jacket shone in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	mottled	mottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
3	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mottle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shine** | participle |  | the mottled brown jacket *not said here* |  | the sun. |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A toad with mottled skin sat under the leaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mottled:x3:1
# text = A toad with mottled skin sat under the leaf.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	mottled	mottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mottle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past | a toad with mottled skin |  |  | the leaf |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under leaf=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [motorway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorway/)
- next →: [motto](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motto/)
- ↑ back to [M in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/)