Who acts: ape, they, Dad, Gorillas, most monkeys, Orangutans · What happens: be, ape, mean, copy, act, talk · To what, where: large primate, someone, way, silly way, ape, mess · Speech: someone speaks here
«ape» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: ape in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
An ape is a large primate with no tail, such as a gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan or gibbon.
The tree, 18 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
a large primate and a gorilla and chimpanzee and bonobo and orangutan or gibbon
with no tail; a gorilla and chimpanzee and bonobo and orangutan or gibbon conj
tree rules
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
Usage: verb, a bit formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To ape someone means to copy the way they act or talk, often in a silly way.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent stick=Duration as tool=Attribute
Example 8
Do not try to ape your betters.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Do
do
AUX
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
3 try
aux
2
not
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
3 try
advmod
3
try
try
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
4
to
to
PART
_
5 ape
mark
5
ape
ape
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
3 try
xcomp
6
your
your
PRON
Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs
7 betters
nmod:poss
7
betters
better
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 ape
obj
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 try
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
nottry
imperative · do-support
you not said here
vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2
apenot said to happen
to-infinitive
you not said here
your betters
tree rules
Example 9
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (Writings 2CH.9.21, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
The tree, 32 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
for the king; silver and ivory parataxis; apes and peacocks parataxis
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient
2
go
past
ships
Tarshish
with the servants of Huram
vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tarshish=Initial_Location
3
come
past
every three years
the ships of Tarshish
once property
vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ship=Theme
4
bring
gerund
every three years not said here
gold
vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
Sentence 2: (Writings 2CH.9.21, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
2
Writings
writing
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
2CH.9.21
2CH.9.21
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Writings
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 1917
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 1917
nmod:unmarked
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 2CH.9.21
conj
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (Prophets 1KI.10.22, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
The tree, 33 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
for the king; with the navy of Hiram; silver and ivory parataxis; apes parataxis; peacocks parataxis
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent navy=Patient
2
come
past
every three years
the navy of Tarshish
once property
vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location navy=Theme
3
bring
gerund
every three years not said here
gold
vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets 1KI.10.22, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
1KI.10.22
1KI.10.22
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Prophets
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 1917
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 1917
nmod:unmarked
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 1KI.10.22
conj
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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.