Who acts: character, you, Harry, She, password, It · What happens: be, use, describe, have, need, shout · To what, where: person, kind, letter, symbol, writing, interesting person · Speech: someone speaks here
«character» in the English dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: character in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
A character is a person or animal in a story, film or play.
The tree, 13 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
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
Your character is the kind of person you are inside: brave, kind, honest or not.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic
Example 10
The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
The tree, 23 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with thing=Co-Agent
2
designate
present
language
the things not said here
vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
Example 11
Table of Semitic characters by Julius Euting, No. 52, 03. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: Table of Semitic characters by Julius Euting, No. 52, 03.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Table
table
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
2
of
of
ADP
_
4 characters
case
3
Semitic
Semitic
PROPN
Number=Sing
4 characters
compound
4
characters
character
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Table
nmod
5
by
by
ADP
_
6 Julius
case
6
Julius
Julius
PROPN
Number=Sing
4 characters
nmod
7
Euting
Euting
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 Julius
flat
8
,
,
PUNCT
_
9 No.
punct
9
No.
No.
PROPN
Abbr=Yes Number=Sing
6 Julius
conj
10
52
52
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
9 No.
flat
11
,
,
PUNCT
_
12 03
punct
12
03
03
NUM
ExtPos=PROPN NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
9 No.
appos
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Table
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
Example 12
Evans and Professor Minders Petrie have shown that certain linear characters which (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 24 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
certain linear characters Mordell certain linear characters Mordell certain linear characters 1914 1914 xcomp
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
Example 13
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue. (Writings EZR.4.7, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue.
The tree, 40 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bishlam=Theme
2
write
past · passive
the writing of the letter
the Aramaic character
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in character=Destination
3
set
infinitive
the Aramaic tongue
forth property
vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in tongue=Destination
4
write
the letter
nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Writings EZR.4.7, 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
EZR.4.7
EZR.4.7
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Writings
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZR.4.7
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZR.4.7
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
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.