urchin

Who acts: They, he, two street urchins · What happens: be, say, play, wade, pick up · To what, where: herb, fourth glass, mischief maker, such things, gutter, old nails · Speech: someone speaks here

«urchin» in the Early Modern English 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: urchin in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

A poor or mischievous child, or in the first sentence a hedgehog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 child	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 mischievous	cc
4	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 poor	conj
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sentence	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 sentence	cc
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 sentence	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sentence	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 sentence	amod
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 child	appos
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hedgehog	det
13	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sentence	nsubj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 child	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

"In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 herb	punct
2	In	in	ADP	_	5 glass	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 glass	det
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 glass	amod
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 herb	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 herb	cop
7	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 herb	cc:preconj
8	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bird	punct
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 herb	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 urchin	punct
12	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	13 urchin	cc
13	urchin	urchin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 herb	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 herb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		herb and bird nor urchin		the fourth glass			tree rules

Example 2

“They say he is a mischief-maker, a tramp, a street urchin--”

From The Adventures of Pinocchio.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct
2	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 maker	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 maker	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 maker	det
7	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maker	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 mischief	punct
9	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tramp	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tramp	det
12	tramp	tramp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maker	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 urchin	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 urchin	det
15	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 urchin	compound
16	urchin	urchin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maker	conj
17	--	--	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct
18	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	he	a mischief maker and a tramp and a street urchin					tree rules

Example 3

One day two street-urchins were playing and wading in the gutter, picking up old nails, pennies, and such things.

From The Yellow Fairy Book.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 playing	obl:unmarked
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 urchins	nummod
4	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 urchins	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 street	punct
6	urchins	urchin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 playing	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 playing	aux
8	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wading	cc
10	wading	wade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 playing	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 gutter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gutter	det
13	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wading	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 picking	punct
15	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 playing	parataxis
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 picking	compound:prt
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 nails	amod
18	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 picking	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 pennies	punct
20	pennies	penny	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 nails	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 things	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 things	cc
23	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 things	amod
24	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 playing	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	two street urchins	such things		day	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wade	gerund	two street urchins not said here		the gutter		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gutter=Trajectory
3	pick up	gerund		old nails and pennies			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Topic

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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