Who acts: alphabet, English alphabet, you, Greek alphabet, Little children, Z · What happens: be, use, write, put, fix, call · To what, where: set, letters, language, fixed order, such set, basics · Speech: someone speaks here
«alphabet» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: alphabet in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
The alphabet is the set of letters used to write a language, put in a fixed order.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme
4
put
participle
a language not said here
a fixed order
vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination
5
fix
participle
vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
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.
Everyday, meaning 2
An alphabet is any such set of letters, like the Greek alphabet.
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme
Example 9
Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combination=Patient
5
letter
the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle
nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
2
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
7 translation
punct
5
Sefaria
Sefaria
PROPN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
6
community
community
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 translation
compound
7
translation
translation
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
appos
8
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
7:1 Thus for instance, they imagined that the name of Jehovah, יהוי, is by reversing the alphabet; מצפץ (mzpz); mem signifies the letter jod, zaddi, the letter he, and pe, the letter wav. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
Sentence 1: 7:1 Thus for instance, they imagined that the name of Jehovah, יהוי, is by reversing the alphabet; מצפץ (mzpz); mem signifies the letter jod, zaddi, the letter he, and pe, the letter wav.
The tree, 33 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent alphabet=Patient
3
signify
present
mem
the letter jod and zaddi and the letter name
vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot jod=Theme
4
name
Jehovah and יהוי
nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
2
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Kalisch
punct
5
Kalisch
Kalisch
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
conj
6
1877
1877
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 Kalisch
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 11
") See -Alphabet of Ben Sira", ed. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: ") See -Alphabet of Ben Sira", ed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
"
"
PUNCT
_
3 See
punct
2
)
)
PUNCT
_
3 See
punct
3
See
See
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
-
-
PUNCT
_
5 Alphabet
punct
5
Alphabet
Alphabet
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 See
conj
6
of
of
ADP
_
8 Sira
case
7
Ben
Ben
PROPN
Number=Sing
8 Sira
flat
8
Sira
Sira
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 Alphabet
nmod
9
"
"
PUNCT
_
8 Sira
punct
10
,
,
PUNCT
_
11 ed
punct
11
ed
ed
NOUN
Number=Sing
8 Sira
appos
12
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 See
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
2
Mordell
Mordell
PROPN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 Origin
punct
4
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 Origin
det
5
Origin
Origin
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
appos
6
of
of
ADP
_
7 Letters
case
7
Letters
letter
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 Origin
nmod
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 Numerals
cc
9
Numerals
numeral
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 Letters
conj
10
according
accord
VERB
ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
12 Sefer
case
11
to
to
ADP
_
10 according
fixed
12
Sefer
Sefer
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Mordell
nmod
13
Yetzirah
Yetzirah
PROPN
Number=Sing
12 Sefer
flat
14
(
(
PUNCT
_
15 1914
punct
15
1914
1914
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Mordell
list
16
))
))
PUNCT
_
2 Mordell
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.