📖 differWho acts: we, two numbers, heights, prices, two answers, Twins · What happens: differ, mean, not be, have, disagree, be · To what, where: different opinion, film, frog, many ways, lot, one point · Speech: someone speaks here
«differ» in the English dictionary: its 2 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: differ in the English dictionary .
Everyday, meaning 1 To differ means to be not the same as something else.
mark csubj mark cop advmod det ccomp case obl advmod punct root To PART differ VERB means VERB to PART be AUX not PART the DET same ADJ as ADP something PRON else ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 differ mark 2 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 8 same mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 same cop 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 same advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 same det 8 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means ccomp 9 as as ADP _ 10 something case 10 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 same obl 11 else else ADV _ 10 something advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 differ to-infinitive vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 not is not said to happen to-infinitive as something; same property 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 To differ means to have a different opinion, to disagree: «we differ on which film is best».
The tree, 17 words mark csubj mark xcomp det amod obj punct mark conj punct punct nsubj parataxis case det obl cop parataxis punct punct root To PART differ VERB means VERB to PART have VERB a DET different ADJ opinion NOUN , PUNCT to PART disagree VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT we PRON differ VERB on ADP which DET film NOUN is AUX best ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 differ mark 2 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 have mark 5 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 opinion det 7 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 8 opinion amod 8 opinion opinion NOUN Number=Sing 5 have obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 disagree punct 10 to to PART _ 11 disagree mark 11 disagree disagree VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 have conj 12 : : PUNCT _ 15 differ punct 13 « « PUNCT _ 15 differ punct 14 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 15 differ nsubj 15 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 means parataxis 16 on on ADP _ 18 film case 17 which which DET PronType=Int 18 film det 18 film film NOUN Number=Sing 20 best obl 19 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 best cop 20 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 15 differ parataxis 21 » » PUNCT _ 15 differ punct 22 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 differ to-infinitive vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 have not said to happen to-infinitive a different opinion vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient 4 disagree to-infinitive vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 differ in a quote present we vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 6 is in a quote present which film good property tree rules
Example 1 The two numbers differ by 5.
det nummod nsubj case obl punct root The DET two NUM numbers NOUN differ VERB by ADP 5 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 numbers det 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 numbers nummod 3 numbers number NOUN Number=Plur 4 differ nsubj 4 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 by by ADP _ 6 5 case 6 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 differ obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 differ punct
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1 differ present the two numbers by 5 vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Their heights differ by 12 cm.
nmod:poss nsubj case nummod obl punct root Their PRON heights NOUN differ VERB by ADP 12 NUM cm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 heights nmod:poss 2 heights height NOUN Number=Plur 3 differ nsubj 3 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 by by ADP _ 6 cm case 5 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 cm nummod 6 cm cm NOUN Number=Plur 3 differ obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 differ punct
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1 differ present Their heights by 12 cm vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 How much do the prices differ?
advmod obj aux det nsubj punct root How ADV much ADJ do AUX the DET prices NOUN differ VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 much advmod 2 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 3 do obj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 differ aux 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 prices det 5 prices price NOUN Number=Plur 6 differ nsubj 6 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 differ punct
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1 differ present · do-support the prices vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The two answers differ.
det nummod nsubj punct root The DET two NUM answers NOUN differ VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 answers det 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 answers nummod 3 answers answer NOUN Number=Plur 4 differ nsubj 4 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 differ punct
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1 differ present the two answers vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 How does a frog differ from a toad?
advmod advcl det obj case det obl punct root How ADV does VERB a DET frog NOUN differ VERB from ADP a DET toad NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 does advmod 2 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 differ advcl 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 frog det 4 frog frog NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obj 5 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 from from ADP _ 8 toad case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 toad det 8 toad toad NOUN Number=Sing 5 differ obl 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 differ punct
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1 do present a frog vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Eventuality 2 differ present from a toad vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from toad=Co-Theme
Example 6 Twins can differ in many ways.
nsubj aux case amod obl punct root Twins NOUN can AUX differ VERB in ADP many ADJ ways NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Twins twin NOUN Number=Plur 3 differ nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 differ aux 3 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 ways case 5 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 ways amod 6 ways way NOUN Number=Plur 3 differ obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 differ punct
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1 differ can Twins many ways vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 We agreed to differ about the best football team.
nsubj mark xcomp case det amod compound obl punct root We PRON agreed VERB to PART differ VERB about ADP the DET best ADJ football NOUN team NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 agreed nsubj 2 agreed agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 differ mark 4 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 agreed xcomp 5 about about ADP _ 9 team case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 team det 7 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 9 team amod 8 football football NOUN Number=Sing 9 team compound 9 team team NOUN Number=Sing 4 differ obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 agreed punct
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1 agree speech: agree past We vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 differ not said to happen to-infinitive We not said here about the best football team vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about team=Topic
Example 8 The weather can differ a lot from one day to the next.
det nsubj aux det obl:unmarked case nummod obl case det obl punct root The DET weather NOUN can AUX differ VERB a DET lot NOUN from ADP one NUM day NOUN to ADP the DET next ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 differ nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 differ aux 4 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 lot det 6 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 4 differ obl:unmarked 7 from from ADP _ 9 day case 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 day nummod 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 differ obl 10 to to ADP _ 12 next case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 next det 12 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 4 differ obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 differ punct
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1 differ can the weather a lot day to the next vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 9 We differ from you in one point only.
nsubj case obl case nummod obl advmod punct root We PRON differ VERB from ADP you PRON in ADP one NUM point NOUN only ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 differ nsubj 2 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 4 you case 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 differ obl 5 in in ADP _ 7 point case 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 point nummod 7 point point NOUN Number=Sing 2 differ obl 8 only only ADV _ 7 point advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 differ punct
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1 differ present We one point from you vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from you=Co-Theme
Example 10 Pistorii artis cabalistical scriptorum, Tom I, p. 869, sqq., differing from that of Postellus. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
Sentence 1: Pistorii artis cabalistical scriptorum, Tom I, p. 869, sqq., differing from that of Postellus.
The tree, 14 words compound amod conj punct appos nmod punct conj flat punct appos punct punct acl case obl case nmod punct root Pistorii PROPN artis NOUN cabalistical ADJ scriptorum NOUN , PUNCT Tom PROPN I PRON , PUNCT p. PROPN 869 NUM , PUNCT sqq NOUN . PUNCT , PUNCT differing VERB from ADP that PRON of ADP Postellus PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pistorii Pistorii PROPN Number=Sing 2 artis compound 2 artis artis NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 cabalistical cabalistical ADJ Degree=Pos 4 scriptorum amod 4 scriptorum scriptorum NOUN Number=Sing 2 artis conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 Tom punct 6 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 2 artis appos 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 Tom nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 p. punct 9 p. P. PROPN Number=Sing 6 Tom conj 10 869 869 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 p. flat 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 sqq punct 12 sqq sqq NOUN Number=Sing 9 p. appos 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 artis punct 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 differing punct 15 differing differ VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 artis acl 16 from from ADP _ 17 that case 17 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 15 differing obl 18 of of ADP _ 19 Postellus case 19 Postellus Postellus PROPN Number=Sing 17 that nmod 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 artis punct
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1 differ gerund Pistorii artis and cabalistical scriptorum not said here from Pistorii artis and cabalistical scriptorum vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from that=Co-Theme
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
punct flat punct conj flat punct root ( PUNCT Sefer PROPN Yetzirah PROPN , PUNCT Kalisch PROPN 1877 NUM ) PUNCT 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 Here the view of various writers differ widely. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
Sentence 1: Here the view of various writers differ widely.
det nsubj case amod nmod parataxis advmod punct root Here ADV the DET view NOUN of ADP various ADJ writers NOUN differ VERB widely ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Here here ADV PronType=Dem root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 view det 3 view view NOUN Number=Sing 7 differ nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 6 writers case 5 various various ADJ Degree=Pos 6 writers amod 6 writers writer NOUN Number=Plur 3 view nmod 7 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Here parataxis 8 widely widely ADV _ 7 differ advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Here punct
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1 differ present the view of various writers widely property vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 view various writers nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 12 words punct punct det appos case nmod cc conj case fixed nmod flat punct list punct root ( PUNCT Mordell PROPN , PUNCT The DET Origin PROPN of ADP Letters NOUN and CCONJ Numerals NOUN according VERB to ADP Sefer PROPN Yetzirah PROPN ( PUNCT 1914 NUM )) PUNCT The 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
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1 accord gerund vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
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